Belt
Faja
42-35-225
From: Guatemala | San Lucas Sacatepequez | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 42-35-225 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Lucas Sacatepequez | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's belt. Blue-black, purple and white with a central design of women. Warps plaited at ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 72 epi, two singles, Z twist, white, navy and lilac cotton. Weft: 12 ppi, multistrand, lilac cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 124 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 145-C - Other Number |
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