Belt

Museum number:
3-16424
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1960
Description:
Cinta; varicolored silk; animal and geometric motifs; tinsel-wrapped maguey loops; silk pompons and tassels; Length 127 inches.
Donor:
Kathleen Morehouse
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; probably San Christobal Totonicapan
Collector:
Emma Lang Morehouse and Herbert Harrison Morehouse
Collection date:
1890-1902
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1966-1967 #87: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Ruth Boyer (April 5, 1967–May 26, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Belt, accession number 3-16424, described as Cinta; varicolored silk; animal and geometric motifs; tinsel-wrapped maguey loops; silk pompons and tassels; Length 127 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Belt, accession number 3-16424, described as Cinta; varicolored silk; animal and geometric motifs; tinsel-wrapped maguey loops; silk pompons and tassels; Length 127 inches.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Belt, accession number 3-16424, described as Cinta; varicolored silk; animal and geometric motifs; tinsel-wrapped maguey loops; silk pompons and tassels; Length 127 inches.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Belt, accession number 3-16424, described as Cinta; varicolored silk; animal and geometric motifs; tinsel-wrapped maguey loops; silk pompons and tassels; Length 127 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-16424, described as Cinta; varicolored silk; animal and geometric motifs; tinsel-wrapped maguey loops; silk pompons and tassels; Length 127 inches.

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