Belt

Museum number:
16-20280
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Alternate number:
MVC-0287 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Belt; 5.5 cm x 151 cm, plus fringe at each end of 12 cm braided warp; warp faced plain weave with pattern in central band; complimentary warp pattern; central motif pink or white geometric designs or birds; plain weave edges in narrow stripes of brown green, or gold..
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Peru
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
to carry objects
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 151 centimeters and width 5.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: new, as purchased
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 16-20280, described as Belt; 5.5 cm x 151 cm, plus fringe at each end of 12 cm braided warp; warp faced plain weave with pattern in central band; complimentary warp pattern; central motif pink or white geometric designs or birds; plain weave edges in narrow stripes of brown green, or gold..

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