Textile

Museum number:
3-30304
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0180 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
RGM belt, 7 1/2" wide by 11'3" long, plus 8" fringe; RGM note paper-clipped to the belt says "San Martin Jilotipeque (Hilry)"; solid color stripes are red; woven-in color stripes are mixtures of black and red, turquoise and red, turquoise and pink, etc.; color stripes run the length of the piece and are quite narrow; there are 18 red stripes with other colors between.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Guatemala
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 3-30304, described as RGM belt, 7 1/2" wide by 11'3" long, plus 8" fringe; RGM note paper-clipped to the belt says "San Martin Jilotipeque (Hilry)"; solid color stripes are red; woven-in color stripes are mixtures of black and red, turquoise and red, turquoise and pink, etc.; color stripes run the length of the piece and are quite narrow; there are 18 red stripes with other colors between.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 3-30304, described as RGM belt, 7 1/2" wide by 11'3" long, plus 8" fringe; RGM note paper-clipped to the belt says "San Martin Jilotipeque (Hilry)"; solid color stripes are red; woven-in color stripes are mixtures of black and red, turquoise and red, turquoise and pink, etc.; color stripes run the length of the piece and are quite narrow; there are 18 red stripes with other colors between.

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