Belt

Museum number:
3-22701
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030022701
Accession number:
Acc.1504
Description:
hemp tumpline, decorated with dyed red, green, and purple hemp strings, head-band 20 length. extended length 14 feet 3 inches. bought at market in Villahermosa by Robert F. Heizer.
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Collector:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
1961
Materials:
Hemp (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1964-1965 #21: Anthropology Department, Vallejo Junior College/Everett F. McCartney (October 22, 1964–November 17, 1964) and S1966-1967 #2: Upward Bound/Lawrence Crouchett (July 14, 1966–July 14, 1966)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-22701, described as hemp tumpline, decorated with dyed red, green, and purple hemp strings, head-band 20 length. extended length 14 feet 3 inches. bought at market in Villahermosa by Robert F. Heizer.

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