Culture/People:

Pocomam Maya (Pokomam)  Search this

Expedition:

Mrs. Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition (1928) (Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)  Search this

Expedition leader:

Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965  Search this

Expedition sponsor:

Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this

Object Name:

Sash/Belt

Media/Materials:

Cotton yarn, wool yarn

Techniques:

Woven

Dimensions:

245 x 6 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Accessories

Place:

made in Oaxaca, Mexico, for use in Mixco; Mixco; Mixco Municipality; Guatemala Department, Metropolitan Region; Guatemala

Collection History:

Collected in 1928, probably in Guatemala City, during the Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.

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Catalog Number:

16/521

Barcode:

160521.000

See related items:

Pocomam Maya (Pokomam)

Clothing/Garments: Accessories

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6df2bab1d-3e40-4419-99d1-eff0537b9c43

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_172060