Belt
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
42-35-302
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Pedro La Laguna
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 42-35-302 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Tzutujil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Pedro La Laguna |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Sash for a man of noble class. Red with compound stripes. Orange, blue and green on edges. Otherwise blue and white ikat. Ends netted with little tassels. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 84 epi, two singles, Z twist, red, orange, green and blue cotton. Two singles, S twist, blue and white ikat cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 283 cm |
| Width | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 229 - Other Number |
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