Belt

Museum number:

16-20357

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Accession number:

Acc.4734

Description:

Woven sash/belt (faja). Commercially woven ecru ground with dark green and turquoise; forms head with band of red and black zig-zag stitch. Fringed at each end. Width: 4.5 centimeters. Length: 143.5 centimeters. Wool/cotton.

Donor:

Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale

Collection place:

Ecuador

Collector:

Rachel Gould Mossman

Collection date:

1965

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Belts (costume accessories)

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

June 23, 2006

Department:

South America (except Ancient Peru)

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