Belt

Museum number:
3-27784
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030027784
Accession number:
Acc.3303
Description:
Belt with pouches; series of 9 small pouches in white cotton gauze-like fabric with blue cross-stitch embroidery in vertical designs; pendant red yarn tassels from the basal corners; all tops sewn closed; width not including ties 71.5 cm.
Donor:
Alfredo Higareda Magana
Collection place:
San Sebastián del Oeste village, Jalisco state, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Jalisco; San Sebastian village; Huichol
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Collector:
Alfredo Higareda Magana
Collection date:
1977
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 16 centimeters and length 88 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-27784, described as Belt with pouches; series of 9 small pouches in white cotton gauze-like fabric with blue cross-stitch embroidery in vertical designs; pendant red yarn tassels from the basal corners; all tops sewn closed; width not including ties 71.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-27784, described as Belt with pouches; series of 9 small pouches in white cotton gauze-like fabric with blue cross-stitch embroidery in vertical designs; pendant red yarn tassels from the basal corners; all tops sewn closed; width not including ties 71.5 cm.

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