Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
NA5587
From: Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Cotzal
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | NA5587 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Cotzal |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Iconography | Bird |
| Description | Red with dark blue pin stripes. Brocaded in bands of stylized birds alternating with linked diamonds in gold, green and purple silk. Rows of tassels at each end. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 70 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. One single, Z twist, blue cotton. Weft: 30 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 260 cm |
| Width | 23 cm |
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