Sash

Museum number:
3-100
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
100 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-100 cotton; red, white and green; warp ends braided; approximately 1 m 53 cm long, 6 cm wide
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sashes (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 152 centimeters and width 6.5 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. See also references below
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sash, accession number 3-100, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-100 cotton; red, white and green; warp ends braided; approximately 1 m 53 cm long, 6 cm wideHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sash, accession number 3-100, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-100 cotton; red, white and green; warp ends braided; approximately 1 m 53 cm long, 6 cm wide
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sash, accession number 3-100, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-100 cotton; red, white and green; warp ends braided; approximately 1 m 53 cm long, 6 cm wide

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