Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
85-2-179
From: Guatemala | Department of Sacatepequez | San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 85-2-179 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Sacatepequez | San Antonio Aguas Calientes |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's belt made of striped cotton. Stripes are purple, dark blue, red and yellow. Fringed ends twisted. For Gaban. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 62 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Three ply, purple and red cotton. Two ply, yellow cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 376 cm |
| Width | 24.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 179 - Other Number |
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