Banda

Museum number:

3-227

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Alternate number:

227 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Man's waistband or banda (Cotton, red and white. Approximately 23 cm of twisted warp fringe, then 5 cm woven, plain weave. Major portion of a knotless netting technique. Total length approximately 2m 18 cm, one woven portion 10 cm wide, other 7.5 cm.)

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

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)

Accession date:

October 20, 1902

Department:

Cat. 3 - Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Area

Dimensions:

width 9 centimeters and length 211 centimeters

Comment:

See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p.129 Schevill; see references below.

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