Belt "Xchuk Paxyon"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Walter F. Morris Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Robert M. Laughlin
notes: label: Notes
content: RED, PLAIN WOVEN BELT WITH 5 GREEN STRIPES SPACEDEVENLY ACROSS LENGTH OF THE BELT. ENDS FINISHED IN SEVEN FLAT BRAIDS KNOTTED TOGETHER, WITH A LONG CORD OF FUSHIA AND GREEN ROUND BRAID ATTACHED TO EACH END. ENDS OF CORD DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS, EACH WRAPPED IN ALTERNATING BANDS OF RED, WHITE, AND GREEN. TASSLE ON END OF EACH SECTION OF ORANGE, RED AND GREEN YARN. CORDS HAVE BEEN USED; BELT WAS NEW IN 1980. WORN BY PASSION CARGOHOLDER TO HOLD UP RED VELVET TROUSERS DURING PRE-LENTEN CARNIVAL CELEBRATION "TAJIMOLTIK" OR OTHER CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS DURING THE YEAR.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tzotzil Maya, Chamula
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 359007
label: USNM Number
content: E423118-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 190 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm