- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Woven belt of purple and red cotton with green and orange bands along the edges. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/4/2005]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1939 Archaeological period: Zapotec
- Date collected
- 1939
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Textile Plant, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1320 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.1777 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1711
Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Belt, Waist Ornament, Waist Cloth
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