Woman's belt

Museum number:
3-97
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
97 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Object count:
1
Description:
Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-97 cotton (red, white, blue, green) brocaded with wool (red, 2 purples, green, yellow); warp ends braided; approximately 2 m 43 cm long, 6.4 cm long
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 6.4 centimeters and length 243 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. See also references below
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-97, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-97 cotton (red, white, blue, green) brocaded with wool (red, 2 purples, green, yellow); warp ends braided; approximately 2 m 43 cm long, 6.4 cm longHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-97, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-97 cotton (red, white, blue, green) brocaded with wool (red, 2 purples, green, yellow); warp ends braided; approximately 2 m 43 cm long, 6.4 cm long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-97, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-97 cotton (red, white, blue, green) brocaded with wool (red, 2 purples, green, yellow); warp ends braided; approximately 2 m 43 cm long, 6.4 cm long

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