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1949.1.7

Narrow, firm warp-patterned belt, woven of spun wild cocoon silk. Aniline red, yellow, purple, green.

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1949.1.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Narrow, firm warp-patterned belt, woven of spun wild cocoon silk. Aniline red, yellow, purple, green.
Geographical reference
Mexico
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Mexico
South Oaxaca Sierra de Juarez San Francisco Cajonas
Person
Field collector Elsie Colsell McDougall
PRM source Elsie Colsell McDougall
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1949
Date collected
By 1949
Acquisition information
Donated: 1949
Materials and processes
Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Width 45 mm, Length 1005 mm without fringe
Object numbers
Accession number: 1949.1.7

Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Belt, Waist Ornament

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