Object name: Belt / Culture or time period: Mesoamerican peoples / Function: 2.1 Daily Garb - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-30015, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; warp ends cut; last 8.5" of warps on each end braided together and knotted off to create fringes. 215.5 x 6.5 cm. Woman's belt. Cotton: 1 two-ply in dark green; 1 three-ply in light green; 2 two-ply in black and white. Mercerized cotton: 5 two-ply in magenta, dark and light blue, purple, red, roange, yellow, pink and green.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28217, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Belt? Materials: Wool, cotton, Technique: Warp faced pattern weave, uncut fringes Colors: Varicolored Dimensions: 2 x 54 " Remarks: Geometric motives ]

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28207, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Belt Materials: Cotton, silk Technique: weft faced warp fringed Colors: green, yellow Dimensions: 55 x 2 " Remarks: Striped ]

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28271b, described as Belt, in two identical pieces. Materials: Cotton, silk. Techniques: Plain weave, brocaded, fringed. Colors: Varicolored. Dimensions 16 1/2 x 63" (A and B are the same size). Remarks: Double-headed bird, animal, male and female human figure motives.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-29982, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; warps ends cut and uncut creating a 7" fringe on each end;cut warp fringe is knotted in places. 300 cm x 18 cm. Native name/meaning: faja hombre/man's sash. Materials, techniques: cotton: 3 singles, red; 2 two-ply in red and blue. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun in the 1980s (faja woven in 1985) and donated to the museum in 1991. Knots in red wefts appear on both sides of this piece. Parallel thin blue warp stripes evenly spaced on red background; cut fringe end is knotted. Present from Nimakachi family (Hun).

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28194, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Belt Materials: Cotton, Technique: Plain weave, warp faced, fringed Colors: Red ground, green, yellow, black, or orange stripes Dimensions: 109 x 8 3/4" Remarks: See Fig. 121i Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-30017, described as Backstrap loomed, warp faced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; warp ends cut; last 7" of warps on each end braided together and knotted off at each end. 215.5 x 6.5 cm. Woman's belt. Cotton: two-ply in dark green; black and white; 5 two-ply in blue, red, yellow, magenta, lemon yellow, orange, purple, pink and grween; three-ply in light green. Very desirable fajas; women from many nearby departments buy fajas from Totonicapan, noted for their quality. Green borders, black and white warps on which multicolored, continuous bands of single faced supp weft in geometric motifs. Blues greens and purples on one half, reds, oranges, yellows and other colors on other half. Zone of black and white warps, as on wrong side of faja, occurs before fringe. Iconography consists of geometrics and bird and human figures.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28209, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Belt Materials: Cotton Technique: Warp faced Plain weave, uncut fringes Colors: red and white Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 41 1/2" Remarks: ]

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28203, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Belt Materials: Cotton, Technique: Sprang Colors: Reds, white, blue Dimensions: 80 x 2 1/2" Remarks: ]

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-30014, described as Backstrap -loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; warp ends cut and uncut cut warps are then knotted together; warps left unwoven for last 7-8" on each end to create a fringe. 74 cm x 5.5 cm. Child's belt. Cotton: 6 three-ply in purple; Acrylic (?): 1 two ply in violet, pule, fuchsia, royal blue, orange, green and white. Predominately purple with stripes and geometric blocks in green, blue, orange, white and fuchsia.