DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Man's Belt
NameBelt
Artist
Artist not recorded
CultureQuichua
Datec. 1920
Place madeSaraguro, Loja, Ecuador, South America
MediumLeather, metal (silver, brass)
Dimensions4 x 45 x 5 in. (10.16 x 114.3 x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1219
Object numberA.1995.93.1219
DescriptionA wide leather belt studded with coins stamped into dome shapes, has a box shaped pouch at the center and fastens with four cast brass buckles; the top of the box fastens with two brass buckles. Brass elements include equestrian figures, birds and a Crucifix.
