Belt

Museum number:

3-30298

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Alternate number:

MVC-0174 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))

Accession number:

Acc.4734

Description:

RGM belt, 2" by 47" (plus 4" fringe) woven of black and gold; figures reverse foreground and background colors from square to square of the pattern; Figures include animals, birds, church, cross, knives, man with flag and the initials JHS.

Donor:

Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale

Collection place:

Guatemala

Collector:

Rachel Gould Mossman

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Belts (costume accessories)

Accession date:

June 23, 2006

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area