Waist band
- Museum number:
- 3-33
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21030000033
- 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:
- length 226 centimeters and width 26.5 centimeters
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