Belt

Museum number:
3-29982
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4518
Description:
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).
Donor:
Miguel Hun
Collection place:
Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola; Santa Catarina Palopo, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Miguel Hun
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
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).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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).

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