Sash

Museum number:
16-20589
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160020589
Accession number:
Acc.4116
Description:
cotton (blue, white, orange) and wood (red, green) woven yarn sash. woven in 3 bands on an orange or green warp. 2 outer bands are blue and white; inner band is red and green. both woven as alternating stripes. depending on warp color, finished edge alternates green with white or blue or orange with white or blue. each end finished with 3-pronged "tails" and short fringe.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
Peru
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sashes (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 4.5 centimeters and length 246.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sash, accession number 16-20589, described as cotton (blue, white, orange) and wood (red, green) woven yarn sash. woven in 3 bands on an orange or green warp. 2 outer bands are blue and white; inner band is red and green. both woven as alternating stripes. depending on warp color, finished edge alternates green with white or blue or orange with white or blue. each end finished with 3-pronged "tails" and short fringe.

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