Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
42-35-85
From: Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Concepcion Chiquirichapa
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 42-35-85 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Concepcion Chiquirichapa |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's belt. Red cotton with four bands at one end and three at the other. A narrow, woven cross stripe forms the center of each embroidered band of paired lozenges in blue, yellow and white cotton. One plant in green, white, yellow and blue and two birds in green and white. Both ends fringed and uncut. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 276 cm |
| Width | 38 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 51-B - Other Number |
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