Belt

Faja

85-2-206

From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Faja
Object Number 85-2-206
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Culture Area Central American
Date Made 1956
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Belt with pink, green, gold and white striped cotton. Braided fringe. Second tag attributes it to Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, El Quiche.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 82 epi, three ply, multicolored cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, multiple strands, orange cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 216 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985

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