Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
42-35-322
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Lucas Toliman
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 42-35-322 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Tzutujil | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Lucas Toliman |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Sash for a boy of lowest class. Three broad, lengthwise stripe. The outer two stripes are red, the center is red and yellow mixed. Stripes are separated by narrow, dark blue stripes. Ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, two singles, Z twist, red, blue, yellow and pink cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 189 cm |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 249-A - Other Number |
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