Belt

Museum number:
16-20351
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160020351
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Andean sash/belt. Reversible weave; red, tan, pink, purple, green, yellow, and blue. Woven in five bands (yellow, green, red/tan, and blue/pink) edged in purple. pattern is geometrics, circles, and leaf-like objects. One end finished in 7 joined braids to which the remnants of a red and green tie is attached. Width: 6.5 centimeters. Length: 157 centimeters.
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 16-20351, described as Andean sash/belt. Reversible weave; red, tan, pink, purple, green, yellow, and blue. Woven in five bands (yellow, green, red/tan, and blue/pink) edged in purple. pattern is geometrics, circles, and leaf-like objects. One end finished in 7 joined braids to which the remnants of a red and green tie is attached. Width: 6.5 centimeters. Length: 157 centimeters.

Tools