Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
42-35-166
From: Guatemala | Department of Guatemala | Mixco
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 42-35-166 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Guatemala | Mixco |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | Pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Wool |
| Description | Man's sash. White ground with stripes of red, yellow, green, blue and purple. Long fringe of twisted threads on ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, multicolored cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white wool. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 310 cm |
| Width | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 94 - Other Number |
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