Man's amulet belt. Materials: Cotton, wool (one pouch contains black and white horsehair, one contains sisal? cordage). Techniques: Double or pattern weave, red wool embroidered, is series of joined pouches. Colors: Black and white, red embroidery. Dimensions: 48" long. Each pouch 2 3/4 x 3".
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
MEXICO: West Central
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Amulets, Belts (costume accessories), and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 119 centimeters and width 8.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1980-1981 #58: University of California, Davis (April 3, 1981–September 12, 1981)