Belt

1935

Material: white cotton and dark blue wool.\Technique: double weave on a hip loom.\On one side, the belt is dark blue (wool), the other side is of white cotton in which dark blue warp threads form motifs of diamonds. At the ends is a fringe of groups of braided warp threads, separately the white cotton threads and the blue wool, except at the side of the belt where the colors are mixed.\In Huehuetla, Hidalgo the Tepehua women weave a belt of dark colored wool and white cotton incorporating geometric patterns. The belt is very long and is wrapped twice around the waist by the wearer to secure the skirt where, according to tradition, it should end on the left side and the fringes cross from right to left on the front. The belts are sometimes worn by other groups such as the Totonac.