Belt

Faja

42-35-360

From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Faja
Object Number 42-35-360
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mam
Provenience Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Culture Area Central American
Date Made pre 1933
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Blue, green and yellow cotton with light and dark blue brocaded plant figures. Warps twisted at each end into three long strands.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 80 epi, two ply, black, green, yellow and white cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, blue cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 155 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 285 - Other Number

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