Woman’s waistband (Cotton warp covered by weft. White, turquoise, purple yellow, and red stripes. One warp end braided, other end loose and uncut. Approximately 1m 6 cm long, 5.4 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Waistbands
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 105 centimeters and width 5.5 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p.133 Schevill; see references below.
Loans:
S2002-2003 #9: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 20, 2002–April 7, 2003)