Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
42-35-321
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Lucas Toliman
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 42-35-321 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Tzutujil | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Lucas Toliman |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Sash for a man of second class. Three broad lengthwise stripes in the order of red, rose and red, separated by a narrower double stripe of blue and yellow. Ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 66 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Three singles, Z twist, yellow, blue and rose cotton. Weft: 16 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 308 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 250 - Other Number |
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