Belt

Museum number:
3-32043
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030032043
Alternate number:
Foster 22 (attributed PAHMA number, temporary)
Accession number:
Acc.4792
Description:
Woven belt, red and white pattern with fringe.
Donor:
Estate of George M. Foster and George M. Foster
Collection place:
Acaxochitlán, Hidalgo, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Acaxochitlan Pue. ? Santa Ana, Hdo.
Production place:
Santa Ana De Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico
Collector:
George M. Foster
Collection date:
March 17, 1946
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 19, 2015
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
donor stapled note: "bot Acaxochitlan Pue. 3/17/46 ? Santa Ana, Hdo." George McClelland Foster Papers, 1934-2005 (Bancroft Library BANC MSS 2007/103) Travel Itineraries March 17, 1946 (Necaxa, Puebla and Acaxochitlán, Hidalgo. These towns are about a 50 minute car ride apart and close to Huachinango. He was in Huachinango on the 17th) [(March 17) Lv. San José Purua via Pachuca for Huachinango and volador “dance”, then to Papantla and horses to Tajín. Then Nautla and Teziutlán, and Veracruz.] JS 03/21/16
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 3-32043, described as Woven belt, red and white pattern with fringe.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 3-32043, described as Woven belt, red and white pattern with fringe.

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