- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Woman's belt [MdeA 01/07/2009]
- Long description
- Woman's belt woven from white cotton yarn and red and blue woollen yarn. The belt is decorated with a supplementary warp design in red and blue woollen yarn. The selvage edges along the entire lenght of the belt are woven with a blue linear edging. Between the selvage edges the belt is woven with geometrical designs in red yarn. The warp threads have been left long to form a fringe at both ends of the belt and have not been cut. [MdeA 15/07/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Putumayo Sibundoy
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1966
- Date collected
- 1966
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 05/12/2007 Acquired: 2008
- Materials and processes
- Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Plaited
- Dimensions
- Width: max 52 mm, Length: max 4000 mm approx
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2008.57.36 Other numbers: 31 102
- Associated publications
- See Marianne Cardale Schrimpff Techniques of Hand Weaving and Allied Arts in Colombia (DPhil thesis in Balfour Library: 3 vols, text, drawings and photos). [MdeA 30/01/2009]
2008.57.36
Woman's belt [MdeA 01/07/2009]
2008.57.36
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