Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
42-35-320
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Lucas Toliman
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 42-35-320 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Tzutujil | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Lucas Toliman |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Sash for a man of noble class. Blue and rose lengthwise stripes. Brocaded with rows of conventionalized figures in red, green, turquoise and yellow cotton and red, white and purple silk. Ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 54 epi, three singles, Z twist, rose and blue cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Supplementary weft is single faced. Warp predominantly plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 228 cm |
| Width | 19.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 249-B - Other Number |
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