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Object Number
2013.24.160
Display Title
Belt, green weft, multicolored bands with geometric, figurative patterns, braided fringed ends
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's belt, back strap loomed, warps cut and braided on both ends, dark green and white, multicolored silk and cotton single faced supplementary weft brocading, variety of images including human, deer, geometric images.
Inventory Description
Belt, green weft, multicolored bands with geometric, figurative patterns, braided fringed ends
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
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Totonicapan
/
<County>
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San Miguel Totonicapan
Materials
Cotton , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 250 × 5 cm (98 7/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.160; 53
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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