Belt
Faja
42-35-352
From: Guatemala | Pueblo Nuevo | Department of Retalhuleu
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 42-35-352 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Pueblo Nuevo | Department of Retalhuleu |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wool |
| Description | Belt with center and ends black. Balance red with four cross black cross lines and stylized trees. Ends are black wool plaited fringe. Joined at one end of belt and free at the other. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 18 epi, two ply, black wool. Weft: 50 ppi, multiple strands, red wool. Weft faced plain weave and sections of black twill weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 348 cm |
| Width | 7.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 279 - Other Number |
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