Belt Item Number: Sa189 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Black plastic(?) belt with a silver metal buckle and brown leather backing. The belt is decorated with silver metal eye holes which have a metallic yellow foil centre. Belt has been cut and re-joined with black twine.
History Of Use
Worn to secure rodillera (kilt-like blanket) at waist.
Cultural Context
worn by men
Item History
What
- Name
- Belt
- Identification Number
- Sa189
- Type of Item
- belt
- Material
- fibre, leather skin, metal and plastic ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- machine made
- Overall
- height 3.3 cm, width 88.4 cm, depth 2.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quiche
- Previous Owner
- Inge Ruus
- Received from
- Inge Ruus (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
When
- Creation Date
- before 1976
- Collection Date
- during 1976
- Ownership Date
- before August 5, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on August 5, 1977
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0404/0019