Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
85-2-366
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | Santiago Atitlan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 85-2-366 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Tzutujil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | Santiago Atitlan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's or boy's belt. Red cotton with jaspeado stripes. Ends are knotted fringe. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, two singles, Z twist, multicolored cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Two selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 168 cm |
| Width | 12 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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