Belt
Faja
85-2-149
From: Guatemala | Patzun | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-149 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Patzun | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's belt. Red cotton with narrow border stripes and center stripe. Ten vertical brocaded stripes in various geometric designs. Ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, two ply, yellow cotton. Three ply, red and black cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, two singles, red. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 170 cm |
| Width | 9 cm |
| 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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