Headband Item Number: Sf1111 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Multi-coloured headband with braided warp ends and added braided ties. The design consists of alternating pink and green rectangles with white stripes running vertically, bordered with a red stripe.
History Of Use
Tied around the forehead; coins are sometimes sewn to it as pendants to lie against the forehead and clusters of ribbons are sometimes attached at the temples.
Narrative
Bought from a vendor in the Tarabuco market.
Cultural Context
Worn by women; fiesta costume.
Item History
- Made in Bolivia before 1983
- Collected by Mary Frame in Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia during 1983
- Owned by Mary Frame before October 27, 1983
- Received from Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on October 27, 1983
What
- Name
- Headband
- Identification Number
- Sf1111
- Type of Item
- headband
- Material
- sheep wool fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 62.8 cm, width 1.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quechua
- Field Collector
- Mary Frame
- Previous Owner
- Mary Frame
- Received from
- Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Bolivia
- Collected in
- Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1983
- Collection Date
- during 1983
- Ownership Date
- before October 27, 1983
- Acquisition Date
- on October 27, 1983
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0948/0047