Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
42-35-207
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | Department of Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
Object Number | 42-35-207 |
Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Guatemalan | Cakchiquel |
Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez |
Culture Area | Central American |
Date Made | Pre 1933 |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Technique | Embroidered |
Iconography | Bird | Animal | Plant |
Description | Man's ceremonial belt. Red cotton ground with bands of birds, animals, plants0 and geometric figures embroidered in emerald green, yellow, purple, dark green and white silk and lavender and yellow cotton. |
Length | 353.5 cm |
Width | 22.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
Other Number | 121 - Other Number |
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