Woman's belt

Museum number:
3-96
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
96 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-96 cotton with wool brocade; red, white, blue, yellow, green, purple; warp braided together at ends; approximately 2 m 54 cm long, 7 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) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 7 centimeters and length 254 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. See also references below
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-96, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-96 cotton with wool brocade; red, white, blue, yellow, green, purple; warp braided together at ends; approximately 2 m 54 cm long, 7 cm wideHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-96, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-96 cotton with wool brocade; red, white, blue, yellow, green, purple; warp braided together at ends; approximately 2 m 54 cm long, 7 cm wide
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-96, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-96 cotton with wool brocade; red, white, blue, yellow, green, purple; warp braided together at ends; approximately 2 m 54 cm long, 7 cm wide

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