Waistband, man's

Museum number:
3-222
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
222 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Banda or man’s waistband. (Warp forms twisted fringes on ends, approximately 27 cm long, then 9 cm woven, Plain weave. Main portion of belt some technique of knotless netting. Cotton, red, white, blue, and yellow. Total length approximately 2m 22cm long, 20 cm wide at woven seam).
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 208 centimeters and width 17 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p.128 Schevill; see references below.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Waistband, man's, accession number 3-222, described as Banda or man’s waistband. (Warp forms twisted fringes on ends, approximately 27 cm long, then 9 cm woven, Plain weave. Main portion of belt some technique of knotless netting. Cotton, red, white, blue, and yellow. Total length approximately 2m 22cm long, 20 cm wide at woven seam).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Waistband, man's, accession number 3-222, described as Banda or man’s waistband. (Warp forms twisted fringes on ends, approximately 27 cm long, then 9 cm woven, Plain weave. Main portion of belt some technique of knotless netting. Cotton, red, white, blue, and yellow. Total length approximately 2m 22cm long, 20 cm wide at woven seam).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Waistband, man's, accession number 3-222, described as Banda or man’s waistband. (Warp forms twisted fringes on ends, approximately 27 cm long, then 9 cm woven, Plain weave. Main portion of belt some technique of knotless netting. Cotton, red, white, blue, and yellow. Total length approximately 2m 22cm long, 20 cm wide at woven seam).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Waistband, man's, accession number 3-222, described as Banda or man’s waistband. (Warp forms twisted fringes on ends, approximately 27 cm long, then 9 cm woven, Plain weave. Main portion of belt some technique of knotless netting. Cotton, red, white, blue, and yellow. Total length approximately 2m 22cm long, 20 cm wide at woven seam).

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