Banda

Museum number:
3-230
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
230 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Man’s waistband (Red cotton-Fringe of twisted warp. Approximately 25 cm long-woven portion, about 7 cm long-major portion of a knotless netting technique. Total approximate length 2 m 12 cm, one woven part 13.5 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)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Waistbands
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 15 centimeters and length 207 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p.129 Schevill; see references below. Sprang technique
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Banda, accession number 3-230, described as Man’s waistband (Red cotton-Fringe of twisted warp. Approximately 25 cm long-woven portion, about 7 cm long-major portion of a knotless netting technique. Total approximate length 2 m 12 cm, one woven part 13.5 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Banda, accession number 3-230, described as Man’s waistband (Red cotton-Fringe of twisted warp. Approximately 25 cm long-woven portion, about 7 cm long-major portion of a knotless netting technique. Total approximate length 2 m 12 cm, one woven part 13.5 cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Banda, accession number 3-230, described as Man’s waistband (Red cotton-Fringe of twisted warp. Approximately 25 cm long-woven portion, about 7 cm long-major portion of a knotless netting technique. Total approximate length 2 m 12 cm, one woven part 13.5 cm wide.)

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