DepartmentLatin America
Chapayeka dance belt
NameBelt
CultureYaqui
Date2008
Place madeSan Jose de Masiaca, Sonora, Mexico, North America
MediumLeather, bamboo
Dimensions8 11/16 × 119 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (22 × 303 × 3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ronald and Vicki Sullivan, A.2016.10.2
Object numberA.2016.10.2
DescriptionBelt made of leather and pieces of some hard material (probably bamboo or some other plant) Pieces of bamboo hang from wide leather strip decorated with geometric designs and with thin leather strips on each end to serve as ties.
Collected 1961-1962
Collected 1961-1962
Artist unrecorded