57 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.2248
Description:
Belt; handwoven cotton; plain weave; red weft; red, yellow, green, purple, pink and blue stripes formed by warp threads; fringe each end of unwoven twisted warp ends;
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Chiapas; Palenque; Chol Indians
Culture or time period:
Chol
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
October 16, 1966
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 178 centimeters and width 8 centimeters
Comment:
Material, techniques: Cotton plain weave, stripes, fringe Native name and meaning: Cinturón - Spanish, belt Bech i lala- Chol, belt Context of use: 3-23115-17 and 3-23057 comprise traditional Chol woman's costume. See also 13-5872, 25-3478-82; 25-3625 and 3627. See field notes in acc. envelope.