Belt
Faja
| Native Name | Faja |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-209C |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Quiche |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Santo Tomas Chichicastenango Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Height: | 0.7 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Length: | 295 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Width: | 46.4 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Description
Cotton belt with red ground and narrow blue stripes. Twisted fringes and zigzag brocading.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, two single, Z twist, red and indigo cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| MAYA 2012: Lords of Time (05 May 2012 - 13 Jan 2013) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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