Belt

Banda (Guatemalan Textile)

42-35-207

Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery

From: Guatemala | Department of Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
Object Number 42-35-207
Current Location Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display
Culture Guatemalan | Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez
Culture Area Central American
Date Made Pre 1933
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Technique Embroidered
Iconography Bird | Animal | Plant
Description

Man's ceremonial belt. Red cotton ground with bands of birds, animals, plants0 and geometric figures embroidered in emerald green, yellow, purple, dark green and white silk and lavender and yellow cotton.

Length 353.5 cm
Width 22.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 121 - Other Number

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