Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
42-35-303
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Pedro La Laguna
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 42-35-303 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Tzutujil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Pedro La Laguna |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Sash for a man of middle class. Red and yellow in three broad stripes. Red weft threads. Both ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and yellow cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave." |
| Length | 260 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 229-B - Other Number |
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