Strip of cotton textile embroidered with two bands of bird and foliage designs in green and bright pink yarn. Used for decorating blouses or 'camisas'. [MdeA 24/08/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Strip of cotton textile embroidered with two bands of bird and foliage designs in green and bright pink yarn. Used for decorating blouses or 'camisas'. [MdeA 24/08/2009]
Long description: Strip of cotton textile embroidered with two bands of bird and foliage designs in green and bright pink yarn. Used for decorating blouses or 'camisas'. There are three birds on each band. The birds have been embroidered in a bright pink cotton yarn and the foliage has been embroidered in green. The bands are roughly 250 mm apart, 235 mm long and 45 mm wide. The white cotton textile is creased and frayed on along all four edges. There are some small yellow stianes on the white cotton textile. [FC 26/8/2009]
Geographical reference: Belize
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Belize
Person: Field collector Marianne Schrimpff; PRM source Marianne Schrimpff
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1970-1989
Date collected: 1970 - 1989
Acquisition information: Donated: 05/12/2007 Acquired: 2008
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Embroidered, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Width: max 75 mm, Length: max 520 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2008.57.78
Research and responses: Please note strips like this are used to decorate the neck hole and sleeves of women's traditional blouses 'camisas'. Three strips are used per blouse. [MdeA 24/08/2009]
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]

Search terms: Textile, Specimen, Clothing Textile