Man's woven waist sash. Part of man's costume (with shirt [.1] and trousers [.2]).

Collection type: Object
Description: Man's woven waist sash. Part of man's costume (with shirt [.1] and trousers [.2]).
Long description: Man's woven waist sash. Primarily red with black and white stripes but also bands of pink, green, blue and orange. Fringed ends made from knotting the strands. [CF 5/2/2003]
Geographical reference: Guatemala
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Guatemala; Sololá San Juan La Laguna
Cultural groups: Kaqchikel; Tzʼutujil
Person: Maker Tejedores de San Juan (weaving cooperative); Field collector Stuart (Ed) Carter; PRM source Stuart (Ed) Carter; PRM source Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1992
Date collected: 1992
Acquisition information: Purchased: 2001
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Textile Plant, Process Woven, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Length x Width 3040 x 180 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2001.76.2.3 Other numbers: 2(a)
Research and responses: Information from: Krystyna Deuss, Indian Costumes from Guatemala, 1981, p.40; "[the sash]... is generally wider and longer than a woman's sash. The ground fabric is usually red and striped as well as decorated with the traditional village designs." [CF 2/4/2003]

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