Banda

Museum number:
3-137
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
137 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Men’s waistband or banda. (Dark blue and white striped cotton, tapestry weave. Ends hemmed. Approximately 2 m 54 cm long, 16.5 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Momostenango, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Momostenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Waistbands
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 17.5 centimeters and length 254 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. See also references below.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Banda, accession number 3-137, described as Men’s waistband or banda. (Dark blue and white striped cotton, tapestry weave. Ends hemmed. Approximately 2 m 54 cm long, 16.5 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Banda, accession number 3-137, described as Men’s waistband or banda. (Dark blue and white striped cotton, tapestry weave. Ends hemmed. Approximately 2 m 54 cm long, 16.5 cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Banda, accession number 3-137, described as Men’s waistband or banda. (Dark blue and white striped cotton, tapestry weave. Ends hemmed. Approximately 2 m 54 cm long, 16.5 cm wide.)

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