Belt

Museum number:
3-28388
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3484
Description:
Belt; warp stripe cotton belt in rust, green, purple, pink and yellow; plaited self tassels; length without tassels 80 cm.
Donor:
Lesley Byrd Simpson
Collection place:
Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Palenque, (Chol Indian attributed)
Culture or time period:
Chol
Collector:
Lesley Byrd Simpson and Marian Lorraine Hahn Simpson
Collection date:
1949-1979
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories) and Plaited weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Context of use:
Cf. 3-23117
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 80 centimeters
Comment:
L-4-15 MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Warp stripe plainweave cotton Native name and meaning: Cinturon (spanish) belt; bech I lal (Chol) belt. see also 3-23117 CONTEXT OF USE: Role in Trade:
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28388, described as Belt; warp stripe cotton belt in rust, green, purple, pink and yellow; plaited self tassels; length without tassels 80 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28388, described as Belt; warp stripe cotton belt in rust, green, purple, pink and yellow; plaited self tassels; length without tassels 80 cm.

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