Man's waistband (ganda)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Sep 2002
label: Collection Date
content: early 1950s
name: label: Collector
content: Yolanda Hanson
label: Donor Name
content: Yolanda Hanson
notes: label: Notes
content: Long handwoven band. Made of handspun (?) 2-ply dyed wool yarn. Symmetrical warp stripes, with colors including green, olive green, red, white, blue, black, and yellow. Warp-predominant plain weave with a different weave down the center to create raised blue ribs. Unknotted fringe at ends. Robert Laughlin, curator of Central American ethnology, says this is a waistband (ganda) worn by men.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Dec 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2025203
label: USNM Number
content: E430796-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Waistband
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 254 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10.4 cm