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Object Number 2013.24.222
Display Title Belt
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's belt, back strap belt loomed, one piece, one end loom finished, other end warp fringe, warp faced, designs in white and red, figurative and geometric images
Inventory Description Belt, black, white and orange horizontal bars, bird figures, fringe on one end only
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Date 1950 or earlier
Culture
  • Araucan
  • Mapuche
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Chile
Materials Cotton Dye
Dimensions Overall: 5.715 × 110 cm (2 1/4 × 43 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.222
Credit Line Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these textiles
Provenance
Collector Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector Carroll William Dodge
Donor Donated by Mary Dodge Cobb

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