Belt
Faja
| Native Name | Faja |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-276 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Antonio Palopo Department of Solola |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 182 cm |
| Width: | 17 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
Woman's belt. Red cotton with narrow, blue, warp stripes. Four stripes brocaded at each end in yellow, orange, light blue, dark blue and purple. Feathered and geometric designs, fringed.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and blue cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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