Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
85-2-247
From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Juan Atitan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 85-2-247 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Juan Atitan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's belt. Hand woven. Red cotton ground with orange and green stripes, Both ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 80 epi, two singles, Z twist, yellow, green and red cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 222 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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