Belt
Faja
| Native Name | Faja |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-374 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Santa Maria Cauque Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk Wool |
| Length: | 244 cm |
| Width: | 16 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
Red cotton ground. Cotton, silk and wool weft brocade. Long fringe borders.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Six ply, red cotton. Weft: 13 ppi, six ply, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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