Belt

Museum number:
3-29859
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, one piece, warps cut and left as tassels.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Totonicapán Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1970s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 3-29859, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, one piece, warps cut and left as tassels.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 3-29859, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, one piece, warps cut and left as tassels.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-29859, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, one piece, warps cut and left as tassels.

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