Woman's belt

Museum number:
3-189
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Alternate number:
189 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s waistband (Lavendar sisal weft covered by cotton warp. Blue and white, red and yellow stripes. Warp ends braided together. 1m 27 cm long, 6 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (warp)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 6 centimeters and length 126 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p. 131; references below
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-189, described as Woman’s waistband (Lavendar sisal weft covered by cotton warp. Blue and white, red and yellow stripes. Warp ends braided together. 1m 27 cm long, 6 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-189, described as Woman’s waistband (Lavendar sisal weft covered by cotton warp. Blue and white, red and yellow stripes. Warp ends braided together. 1m 27 cm long, 6 cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-189, described as Woman’s waistband (Lavendar sisal weft covered by cotton warp. Blue and white, red and yellow stripes. Warp ends braided together. 1m 27 cm long, 6 cm wide.)

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