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Belt, green weft, multicolored bands with geometric, figurative patterns, braided fringed ends
Belt, green weft, multicolored bands with geometric, figurative patterns, braided fringed ends
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 / Guatemala / Totonicapan / <County> / 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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