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Object Number
2013.24.196
Display Title
Woman's belt
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's belt, one piece, warps cut, create fringes on both ends, back strap belt loomed, red and white cotton, multicolored silk single faced supplementary weft brocading in center of belt, occasional images on sides, humans, birds, geometric images.
Inventory Description
Belt, one piece, red and white cotton, multicolored silk single faced supplementary weft brocading in center of belt, humans, birds, geometric images, fringes on both ends
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Nebaj
Materials
Cotton , Silk , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 266 × 18 × 0.2 cm (104 3/4 × 7 1/16 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.196; 132
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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