FMNH 288321.nosub[1]

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Natural History Museum-Ethnology | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 13-2 | Provenience: Guatemala San Martin Sacatepequez, Dept. of Quetzeltenango | People of Culture: | Object: Banda | Material: Cotton and silk | Description: Finely woven, red warp-faced fabric with a selvedge [sic] on three sides. The fourth side has a narrow fringe. Bands of brocading in yellow and green 9 cm. from each end. Central section banded in green and yellow cotton and purple and white silk in a step pattern, a diamond pattern, and an arrow pattern. | Dimensions (in cm.): Width 47 cm. Length 155 cm. | Collection: Gift of Mrs. Harold Norman, Dec. 8, 1975. Collected by Mrs. Harold Norman 1940-1941 | [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 288321 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 3312 | [BACK] [1 PHOTOGRAPH] 288321 |
Catalog Number: 288321.nosub[1]
Description: banda
Materials: cotton, silk
Cultural Attribution: Maya
Accession Number: [3312] H. Norman (Gift)
Accession Year: 1975
Collector/Source: Mrs. Harold Norman, Mrs. Harold Norman
EMu IRN: 1198262
GUID: 4dcbce02-04e0-414b-b239-1a05fb81fa0c

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