Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
42-35-91
From: Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | San Martin Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 42-35-91 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | San Martin Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Man's sash. Red cotton with two, compound, green and yellow, lengthwise stripes. Ends brocaded in bands of geometric patterns in green and purple silk. Ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 245 cm |
| Width | 25 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 43-C - Collector Number |
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