Belt
Faja
66-34-46
From: Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 66-34-46 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's. Red plain weave cotton cloth forms background for yellow, blue and green pin stripe groupings that run parallel to selvedge edge. Geometric designs, similar to 66-34-45, appear in bands along entire length of shawl. Loose warp threads knotted and fringed at each end. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, two singles, Z twist. Weft: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. One panel. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 34 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-46 - Field No SF |
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