Belt Item Number: E215 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Belt with narrow horizontal blue stripes on a red ground. Both ends are folded over and sewn in place at the edge to form a narrower section that is ornamented with vertical bands of multicoloured geometric zigzag, diagonal and straight band patterns. Fringed at both ends.
Item History
- Made in Santa Catarina Palopo, Solola, Guatemala
- Collected by Robert Richards
- Owned by Robert Richards before June 8, 1972
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Robert Richards (Seller) on June 8, 1972
What
- Name
- Belt
- Identification Number
- E215
- Type of Item
- belt
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and embroidered
- Overall
- height 18.75 cm, width 366.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quiche
- Field Collector
- Robert Richards
- Previous Owner
- Robert Richards
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Robert Richards (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Santa Catarina Palopo, Solola, Guatemala
When
- Ownership Date
- before June 8, 1972
- Acquisition Date
- on June 8, 1972
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0199/0013