Zapotec Mixtec Mecapal - strap

Object/Artifact

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International Museum of Art & Science

Name/Title

Zapotec Mixtec Mecapal - strap

Entry/Object ID

2025.01.023

Description

A handmade leather mecapal cincho, designed as a wide strap tapering into two narrow braided ends. The central section is cut from two thick pieces of brown leather, worn smooth with use. Both ends feature multiple narrow slits that have been twisted and braided back into the strap to form strong cords for attachment. The leather shows a warm patina, darker in areas of contact, with light scuffing and creasing indicative of age and use.

Made/Created

Time Period

1970s

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Valles Centrales, Oaxaca, Mexico

Culture/Tribe

Mestizo, Zapotec, Mixtec