Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
85-2-296
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Pedro La Laguna
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 85-2-296 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Tzutujil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Pedro La Laguna |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's stiff belt. Cotton with geometric and animal designs. Surface weft float. Single braided fringe. Tag reads, "-- faint imitation of the Totonicapan belts -- woven on a hip strap loom." As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 124 epi, two ply, white, black and blue cotton and rayon. Weft: 20 ppi, multistrand, gold rayon. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 198 cm |
| Width | 5 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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