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Object Number 2013.24.121
Display Title Belt, men's belt, multicolored stripes with long twisted fringes
Descriptions
Object Description Three men's belts, woven and twinned, multicolored cotton, warps are cut and braided on each end
Inventory Description Belt, men's belt, multicolored stripes with twisted fringes, created by a sprang or twinned technique with woven ends
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Huehuetenango / <County> / Huehuetenango
Materials Dye , Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 144 × 6 cm (56 11/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.121
Credit Line Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these Guatemalan textiles
Provenance
Collector Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector Carroll William Dodge
Donor Donated by Mary Dodge Cobb

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