Belt
Faja
85-2-312B
From: Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Faja |
Object Number | 85-2-312B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mam |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Wool |
Description | Belt of dark brown wool with narrow, white cotton stripes. Fringed on both ends. Brown wool is twisted and white cotton forms twine. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two ply, natural brown wool and white cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, two ply, natural brown wool. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 252 cm |
Width | 12 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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