Belt

Faja

42-35-148

From: Guatemala | San Francisco El Alto | Department of Totonicapan

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Faja
Object Number 42-35-148
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | San Francisco El Alto | Department of Totonicapan
Culture Area Central American
Date Made pre 1933
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Belt with purple and yellow stripes and green and yellow edges. Brocadced in green, purple, blue and black cotton in narrow bands showing horses, women, men, beasts, hands and geometric forms.

Length 220 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 79-C - Other Number

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