Belt
Faja
85-2-293
From: Guatemala | San Pedro La Laguna | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Faja |
Object Number | 85-2-293 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tzutujil |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro La Laguna | Department of Solola |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Woman's belt. Red cotton with narrow green stripes. Fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, two singles, Z twist, green and red cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 140 cm |
Width | 14 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Other Number | 20 - Field No SF |
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