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Belt

Faja

Native NameFaja
Object Number:42-35-333
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Quiche
Provenience: Guatemala
Nahuala
Department of Solola
Culture Area: Central American
Date Made: pre 1933
Early Date: 1928
Late Date: 1933
Section:American
Materials:Cotton
Length: 279 cm
Width: 25 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number:260-A - Other Number

Description

Woman's belt. Dark blue ground with paired narrow red stripes.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo and red cotton. Weft: 15 ppi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom."

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