Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
61-10-30
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 61-10-30 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Woven | Embroidered |
| Iconography | Bird | Hand | Llama | Vase | Sun | Human |
| Description | White, red and black cotton warp threads. White cotton weft threads. Two ply "S", "Z" spun cotton. Woven with design which has been embroidered with silk in magenta, green, yellow and purple. Design motif of geometrical figures, birds, hands, llamas, suns, vases and human figures. Warp plaited at both ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Weft: 104 epi, two ply, red, white and black cotton. Warp: 18 ppi, multistrand, white cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced. Selvedges are warp faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 239 cm |
| Width | 7.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Raymond T. Parrot, 1961 |
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