Belt With Tasseled Ends "Xchuk Max"
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: BELT WOVEN OF TWO-PLY MAROON WOOL WITH 5 LINES OFGREEN EQUALLY SPACED ACROSS LENGTH OF BELT. ENDS FINISHED IN 6 FLAT BRAIDS WHICH ARE GATHERED TOGETHER AND HAVE A BIG, ROUND BRAID LOOPED THROUGH THEM. TWO PAIR OF TASSELS IN RED, FUSHIA, AND GREEN ACRYLIC WOOL SUSPENDED FROM END OF EACH ROUND BRAID. ACRYLIC WOOL ALSO WRAPPED AROUND BOTTOM OF EACH ROUND BRAID WHERE IT SPLITS INTO TWO SEGMENTS. THIS BELT SIMILIAR TO BELTS WORN BY MEN IN ZINACANTAN. CHAMULA MEN WEAR LEATHER BELTS IN DAILY WEAR;THIS BELT WORN AS PART OF MONKEY COSTUME DURING PRE-LENTENCARNIVAL CELEBRATION "TAJIMOLTIK" AND AT OTHER FESTIVALS DURING THE YEAR. MADE ABOUT 1978.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
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: E423106-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 320 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6 cm