Belt

Museum number:

3-32055

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030032055

Alternate number:

Foster 29 (attributed PAHMA number, temporary)

Accession number:

Acc.4792

Description:

woven belt with date "6 de Marzo Ano 1948" and boats, matching with 3-32050

Donor:

Estate of George M. Foster and George M. Foster

Collection place:

South America

Collector:

George M. Foster

Collection date:

March 6, 1948

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Belts (costume accessories)

Function:

2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)

Accession date:

June 19, 2015

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Comment:

George McClelland Foster Papers, 1934-2005 (Bancroft Library BANC MSS 2007/103) Travel Itineraries (Location Unknown) no tag, dates woven into both matching belts, one "6 de Marzo Año 1948", the other "13 de Marso Año 1948" [(Feb. 29–Mar. 2) with Rowe to Silvia (Guambiano Indians); (Mar. 3) train to Cali; (Mar. 4) Avianca DC-3 to Quito, Buitrons.; (Mar. 7) bus to Ambato; (Mar. 9) train to Guayaquil; (Mar. 10) Panagra DC-4 nonstop to Lima, Holmberg and Muelle meet us; (Mar. 13–14) Jeep excursion to Huancayo; (Mar. 18) Faucett DC-4 attempt to make Cuzco, return to Lima acct bad weather; (Mar. 19) make it. Find Frances Toor there; (Mar. 20) Mickie to Machu Pichu; (Mar. 22) day train to Puno, board SS Ollanta for overnight sail to Guaqui, Bolivia, arr. 10 am and autovía to La Paz. ; (Mar. 24) excursion to Tihuanaco; (Mar. 26) Panagra DC-3 to Santa Cruz via Oruro, Cochabamba (Good Friday Procession); (Mar. 27) same plane to Campo Grande (Brazil), overnight ; (Mar. 28) Panair do Brasil DC-3 to Sao Paulo via Baura. Piersons, Obergs, Berlincks meet us.; (Mar. 31) excursion to Santos with Berlincks] JS 03/22/16

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