Belt
Faja
| Native Name | Faja |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-260 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Quiche |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Nahuala Department of Solola |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk Rayon |
| Length: | 250 cm |
| Width: | 30 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Description
Navy with red stripes. Brocaded ends with double headed eagle design. Cotton with silk supplementary weft brocade in orange geometrical designs with light blue, yellow and white. Rayon in red, green, yellow, orange and white. Silk in white, light blue and yellow.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 54 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo and red cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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