Belt
Faja
| Native Name | Faja |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-181 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Antonio Aguas Calientes Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 137 cm |
| Width: | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number: | 181 - Other Number |
Description
Woman's cotton belt. Blue ground with warp stripe borders, white and orange stripes. Surface weft flat geometric, animal and human designs in rainbow colors. Totonicapan style. Fringe at one end braided into 4 strands.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, three ply, orange and blue cotton. Two ply, white cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, three ply, blue cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Woven on a backstrap loom.
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