Belt

Museum number:
16-20278
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Alternate number:
MVC-0285 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Belt; 8.5 x 130 cm, plus 12 cm braided fringe at bottom and 6 cm looped together warp threads at top; orange and blue-purple, reversible central patten of geometric designs; llamas or birds; narrow woven designs, left, middle, and right edge in green and yellow.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Peru
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Weft [reassign], and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
to carry or tie objects
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 8.5 centimeters and length 130 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: new as purchased
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 16-20278, described as Belt; 8.5 x 130 cm, plus 12 cm braided fringe at bottom and 6 cm looped together warp threads at top; orange and blue-purple, reversible central patten of geometric designs; llamas or birds; narrow woven designs, left, middle, and right edge in green and yellow.

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