Guatemala Anthropology Box 1
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7
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| 1 | 1968.9.2.4 | Belt | Braided plastic belt. "Plastic weaving" according to Dorothy Grant. Red buckle of same material. Plastic is twisted over white string. Color: GR,RD,YL,WH |
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| 2 | 1973.80.2.1 | Loom | Threaded in red. In addition to the two frame rods, top and bottom, are two narrower ones running through red threads and tied together with white and magenta threads on one end and magenta and blue threads on opposite end. Double black thread at top for hanging. Section of woven cloth at bottom of loom. Length of bamboo tacked on back side of loom to top edges of woven material. Color: WH,PR,BK,ML |
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| 3 | 1975.1.6 | Hanging | Features 3 quetzals. Woven. Top and bottom edges unfinished. Color: BL-GR |
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| 4 | 1977.50.1 | Textile | Brilliantly colored. 5" blue band dominates the top and bottom of the cloth, and is further bordered by 6" white fringe. The remainder is comprised of colored bands of a 1" - 2" size, and of various designs and motifs. Color: YL, BL,RD |
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| 5 | 1998.19.35 | Shirt | A traditional Guatemalan shirt. There are thick vertical stripes of yellow surrounded on both sides with thin vertical stripes of orange, purple, green, and maroon. Next are thick vertical stripes of light blue surrounded on both sides with thin vertical stripes of red, dark purple, bright yellow, and dark blue. There is a breast pocket on both sides. On the rim of the pockets, collar and center buttons seen there is stitching. On the two outer edges the thread is light blue and stitched in a braid pattern. Inside the light blue thread on either side is light purple thread, stitched to resemble a circle. In the center is dark purple thread stitched to resemble a diamond, with an orange stitched center. The buttons are dark purple, sewn on with blue thread, and are inserted through a separate piece of cloth behind the center seam as not to show through a separate piece of cloth behind the center seam as not to show through on to the stitching. There is a button under the right collar, and a piece of cloth shaped like a loop on the left upper center seam to serve as a buttonhole. Color: PR,YL,BL,OR |
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| 6 | 2002.6.13 | Loom | Has unfinished weaving still attached. Stick at top and bottom. Four slender sticks hold threads apart and hold thread. Cloth has horizontal bands of color with narrow and wider bands alternating. Some bands have a pattern running across. Two wider bands in center have gold and green diamond pattern. Material tied to top and bottom sticks with a cord. Color: Bk,GY,RD,GD |
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| 7 | 2003.10.2 | Weaving | Patterned woven cloth mat with fringes on both ends. Pattern is on one side only. Color: BK,RD, OR,YL |
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