Belt
Faja
42-35-251
From: Guatemala | Santiago Zamora | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Faja |
Object Number | 42-35-251 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cakchiquel |
Provenience | Guatemala | Santiago Zamora | Department of Sacatepequez |
Culture Area | Central American |
Date Made | pre 1933 |
Section | American |
Materials | Wool |
Description | Woman's belt. Black and white striped ground weave. One end has zigzags in red and cerise. The other end has S curves in purple, blue, green, yellow, cerise and black. Ends fringed with pompoms. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 56 epi, two ply, white and black wool. Weft: 16 ppi, two ply, black wool. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two sided. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 233 cm |
Width | 6.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
Other Number | 172 - Collector Number |
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