Belt, white. Four narrow black and red lengthwise stripes.
Donor:
Katherine Branstetter and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Tenejapa, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Tenejapa
Culture or time period:
Tzeltal people and Tzotzil people
Collector:
Katherine Branstetter
Materials:
Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 12.7 centimeters and length 106.68 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: heavy; rolled MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Wool. Woven. Ends braided into cords. Native name and meaning: Sakíl chujkilál (white belt) CONTEXT OF USE: Made by Chamulas and obtained in trade with them. Worn by women over red belt #3-25509 on festive occasions. Role in Trade: Obtained in trade with Chamulas.