Belt
Faja
85-2-237
From: Guatemala | Todos Santos Cuchumatan | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Faja |
Object Number | 85-2-237 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mam |
Provenience | Guatemala | Todos Santos Cuchumatan | Department of Huehuetenango |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Wool |
Description | Woman's belt. Red wool with white stripes. Red and white braided fringes. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 epi, two ply, red, black and white wool. Weft: 11 ppi, two ply, white wool. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 138 cm |
Width | 8 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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