Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
42-35-31
From: Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Cotzal
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 42-35-31 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Cotzal |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | -1939 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's sash. An old piece. Red cotton with compound stripes of green, yellow and orange. Ends brocaded with magenta, purple, orange, blue and green cotton in design of birds, plants and bars of joined diamonds and joined V's. Elaborate heading above green, yellow, purple, orange and red tassels on each end. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, two singles, red, orange, yellow and green cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, three singles, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 266 cm |
| Width | 31 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | G-X [received Dec 1939] - Other Number |
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