Belt
Faja
85-2-218
From: Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-218 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Belt of red ground with four narrow blue stripes. Twisted fringe. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 86 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and dark blue cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 292 cm |
| Width | 18.5 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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