Belt,wool. Dark orange color; four olive green stripes in chain-link design. White edge. Body: 122 cm length by 7 cm width. Cords: 78 cm length each
Donor:
Katherine Branstetter and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zinacantán, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Zinacantan,
Culture or time period:
Tzotzil people
Collector:
Katherine Branstetter
Collection date:
8/25/1969
Materials:
Wool (textile) and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 262 centimeters and width 6 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: wool, woven. Techniques: Ends braided into cords and wrapped with blue and pink thread. CONTEXT OF USE: Worn by women to hold up skirt. Made by: women.