Waist band

Museum number:

3-33

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Alternate number:

33 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Man’s waist band (faja); 3-33 red cotton striped with blue and yellow; yellow, green, orange and white brocade; fringed ends; 2 m 26 cm long, 26.5 cm wide; 3-34 red cotton with blue, red and yellow stripes; yellow, green and orange brocade; ends macraméd, then braided; approximately 2 m 60 cm, 29 cm wide

Donor:

Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

Nebaj, El Quiche, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

Ixil

Collector:

Gustavus A. Eisen

Collection date:

1902

Materials:

Cotton (textile) and Silk (silk floss suppl weft)

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 26.5 centimeters and length 226 centimeters

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