Belt

Museum number:
3-27354
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030027354
Accession number:
Acc.3119
Description:
Belt; wool macrame; diamond pattern w/brown dots; orange, red, fuchsia, red, yellow, brown; 1. 1.17 m., w. 6 cm. Native name and meaning: faja. Context of use (incl. role in trade): Made for tourists.
Donor:
Lila Jackson
Collection place:
Oaxaca market, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Oaxaca market
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Collector:
Lila Jackson
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 101.6 centimeters and length 6.35 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight; rolled
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-27354, described as Belt; wool macrame; diamond pattern w/brown dots; orange, red, fuchsia, red, yellow, brown; 1. 1.17 m., w. 6 cm. Native name and meaning: faja. Context of use (incl. role in trade): Made for tourists.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-27354, described as Belt; wool macrame; diamond pattern w/brown dots; orange, red, fuchsia, red, yellow, brown; 1. 1.17 m., w. 6 cm. Native name and meaning: faja. Context of use (incl. role in trade): Made for tourists.

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