Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-179 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Guatemalan Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Sacatepequez San Antonio Aguas Calientes |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 376 cm |
| Width: | 24.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number: | 179 - Other Number |
Description
Man's belt made of striped cotton. Stripes are purple, dark blue, red and yellow. Fringed ends twisted. For Gaban.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 62 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Three ply, purple and red cotton. Two ply, yellow cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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