Native Name | Faja |
Object Number | 85-2-94A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pokomam |
Provenience | Guatemala | Palin |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Woman's belt. Red with narrow blue stripes. Geometric designs. Supplementary weft. One end has knotted fringe which is closed at lower end with a few rows of woven weft. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, three ply, red cotton. Four ply, blue cotton. Weft: 12 ppi, multistrand singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 236 cm |
Width | 20 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Other Number | 94A - Other Number |
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