Belt
Faja
2014-19-135
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | Santiago Atitlan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 2014-19-135 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tzutuhil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | Santiago Atitlan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's cotton belt with vertical warp stripes of red, green, pink, and purple. Overall weft ikat design in navy blue, red, pink, more or less squares. Overall checkerboard pattern. Twelve horizontal bands: black/yellow, black/blue, black/yellow, black/white, black/crimson, black/white (repeated). Warps tied off at end to create fringe. Knotted fringe of 5 cm at both ends. |
| Length | 274.2 cm |
| Width | 21.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Louis Weinstock and Rosa Portell-Weinstock, 2014 |
| Other Number | L-699-135 - Old Loan Number |
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