Sash

Museum number:
3-26939
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2940
Description:
sash, doubleweave; white cotton faced with black wool in herringbone weave; long plaited tassels of white cotton and black wool; Women’s sashes worn by Tephua speakers (and apparently also some Otomi speakers in the municipio of Pantepec) in the area of San Pedro Tziltzacuapan, Puebla and Huehuetla, Hidalgo; they appear to be made in Huehuetla (fide Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, 1984)
Donor:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection place:
San Pablito, Puebla, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Otomi
Collector:
John Barr Tompkins
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving and Sashes (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 222 centimeters and width 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sash, accession number 3-26939, described as sash, doubleweave; white cotton faced with black wool in herringbone weave; long plaited tassels of white cotton and black wool; Women’s sashes worn by Tephua speakers (and apparently also some Otomi speakers in the municipio of Pantepec) in the area of San Pedro Tziltzacuapan, Puebla and Huehuetla, Hidalgo; they appear to be made in Huehuetla (fide Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sash, accession number 3-26939, described as sash, doubleweave; white cotton faced with black wool in herringbone weave; long plaited tassels of white cotton and black wool; Women’s sashes worn by Tephua speakers (and apparently also some Otomi speakers in the municipio of Pantepec) in the area of San Pedro Tziltzacuapan, Puebla and Huehuetla, Hidalgo; they appear to be made in Huehuetla (fide Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, 1984)

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