Sash, Part Of Woman's Clothing Set
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1956 to 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. R A. Horton
label: Collector
content: Elvira Aldana
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. R A. Horton
notes: label: Notes
content: PART OF SIX PIECE WOMAN'S CLOTHING SET CATALOGUED AS 426344-426349. OF STIFFLY WOVEN RED COTTON WITH AN AREA OF BROCADED DESIGN NEAR EACH END AND BRAIDED AND KNOTTTED TASSELS (7CM LONG). THE TWO BROCADED AREAS DIFFER--ONE HAS FOUR BANDS OF MULTICOLORED ZIGZAG, GEOMETRIC HOURGLASS DESIGNS, AND CONTIGUOUS CHEVRONS SEPARATED BY AND BORDERED ABOVE AND BELOW BY GROUPS OF THREE STITCHED LINES OF PURPLE-WHITE-PURPLE OR YELLOW-GREEN-YELLOW. AREA IS 22.5CM LONG, BEGINNING AT 40.5CM FROM SASH'S NEAREST END. OTHER BROCADED AREA CONSISTS OF FIVE BANDS, EACH WITH DIFFERENT DESIGN MOTIF: INCLUDING TRIANGLES, CONTIGUOUS CHEVRONS, AND DIAMONDS ENCASED IN BAND OF GEOMETRIC HOURGLASSES. BANDS SEPARATED BY AND BORDERED ABOVE AND BELOW WITH THE SAME STITCHED LINES OF PURPLE, WHITE, YELLOW, AND GREEN DISCUSSED ABOVE. THIS SECOND BROCADED AREA IS 20.5CM LONG, BEGINNING 53.5CM FROM SASH'S NEAREST END. COLORS USED IN DESIGNS: PURPLE, WHITE, BLUE, GREEN, DARK RED, AND YELLOW.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chajul, Cuchumatan Mountains, El Quiche, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ixil Maya
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387111
label: USNM Number
content: E426346-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sash
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 19.75 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 283 cm