Belt

Faja

85-2-209C

From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche

Curatorial Section: American

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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
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."

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

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