Belt

Museum number:
16-20344
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Alternate number:
MVC-0667 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Woven (narrow loom) belt; ecru base with warp overlay design in 3 bands separated by narrow green and yellow stripes. 2 outer bands are in bright pink; center band is maroon woven alternatively with variegated width bands and stylized deer or human figured. 1 end finished with warp fringe. Width: 10 centimeters. Length: 264 centimeters. Fringe is about 9 centimeters. Some fading of dark green yard at fringed end.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
South America
Collector:
Kathleen Vitale
Collection date:
1965-1970
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 16-20344, described as Woven (narrow loom) belt; ecru base with warp overlay design in 3 bands separated by narrow green and yellow stripes. 2 outer bands are in bright pink; center band is maroon woven alternatively with variegated width bands and stylized deer or human figured. 1 end finished with warp fringe. Width: 10 centimeters. Length: 264 centimeters. Fringe is about 9 centimeters. Some fading of dark green yard at fringed end.

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