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Object Number
995-29-20/27369
Display Title
Warp-faced alternating float weave belt/sash, with animal, plant, and human imag
Descriptions
Object Description
Woven belt/sash with warp-faced weaving in black and white, and floated weft elements in multicolors. Guatemala; Totonicapán; from 1970's-1990's. Designs depict a variety of figures, including a pair of fists, a row of women holding hands, a beetles, a spider, rabbits, people, tree of life, birds, and quadrupeds. The warps in the main body of the belt are both black and white 3-ply s-spun, z-twisted commercial cotton string, and are manipulated so as to show as black or white on the surface as suits the design. Generally the white is the "background" color, while designs are made in black. The warps are spaced enough, and hidden, to expose the floating weft elements, which are in stripes of 4 rows of weaving wide each color, in random rotation. The colors are yellow, [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Belt, polychrome biomorphic designs with braided tassles
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1999
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Totonicapan
Materials
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 220.5 x 6 x 0.2 cm (86 13/16 x 2 3/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-20/27369; Cotton rayon mixed ; handwoven in Guatemala by Sombol
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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