Hand embroidered belt; Leather with embroidery thread called Pica- a traditional form of belt making from Mexico; also traditional designs

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Title Hand embroidered belt; Leather with embroidery thread called Pica- a traditional form of belt making from Mexico; also traditional designs
Source Donors Cruz-Ayala,Pablo
Date 1995
Description Four color scanned images of a hand embroidered belt. The belt is important to the donor because this object was brought with him from Mexico and was one of the few items he could bring with him; one of the last items he still has from that time and from home;the fact that it was made by his father and tethers him to a country Pablo loves.
Collection Peoples of Utah Revisited (POUR)
Identifier POUR24_0056_001
Contributing Institution UMFA and Artes de Mexico
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Subject Belts (Clothing); Costume; Decorative arts; Embroidery; Folk art; Geometric patterns; Leather; Leatherwork; Mexico; Mexico--Social life and customs; Textile fabrics; Guadalajara (Mexico)
Genre fiber art
Spatial Coverage Guadalajara Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico https://www.geonames.org/4005539/guadalajara.html
Rights Management Utah Historical Society
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Type Image
Format application/pdf
Scanned By Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s608059j
Setname dha_pour
ID 2634942
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s608059j
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