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Object Number 2013.24.204
Display Title Woman's belt
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's belt, one piece, warps cut, create fringes on both ends, back strap belt loomed, black and white cotton
Inventory Description Belt, woman's, black and white striped pattern, one piece, fringes on both ends
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Quetzaltenango / <County> / Quetzaltenango
Materials Cotton , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 265 × 2.5 × 0.1 cm (104 5/16 × 1 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.204; 64
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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