Belt

Museum number:
16-20358
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160020358
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Andean sash/belt (faja), red, green, tan, pink, and maroon, finished with green edges. Reversible; woven with diamonds and horses with riders and acentrat motif at 5 interconnected diamonds. One end finished with braided bands (9) joined at end. Incidental blue yard caught in weave at each end. Width: 7.5 centimeters. Length: 150 centimeters. Cotton/wool.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
South America
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru or Bolivia
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 16-20358, described as Andean sash/belt (faja), red, green, tan, pink, and maroon, finished with green edges. Reversible; woven with diamonds and horses with riders and acentrat motif at 5 interconnected diamonds. One end finished with braided bands (9) joined at end. Incidental blue yard caught in weave at each end. Width: 7.5 centimeters. Length: 150 centimeters. Cotton/wool.

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