Man's belt, with woven design (human figures and geometric motifs) in red, black, white and yellow; two tassels at one end. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/4/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Man's belt, with woven design (human figures and geometric motifs) in red, black, white and yellow; two tassels at one end. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/4/2005]
Geographical reference: Mexico
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Mexico; Oaxaca Ocotlan Region San Tomas Jalieza
Cultural groups: Zapotec; Mixtec
Person: Field collector Elsie Colsell McDougall; PRM source Elsie Colsell McDougall; PRM source John Eric Sidney Thompson
Date / Period: Date made: 1900-1946
Date collected: By 1946
Acquisition information: Donated: 1946
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 2235 mm, Width: max 64 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1946.6.28
Associated publications: Described in detail on pages 96-98 of The McDougall Collection of Indian textiles from Guatemala and Mexico (Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Occasional Papers on Technology, 2), by Laura E. Start (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford). Also illustrated in a line draweing, as figure 40 on page 97. [JC 15 7 2013]

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