Belt
Faja
85-2-382
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-382 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's belt made of cotton thread. Blue ground brocaded with geometric designs. Fringe on both ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 84 epi, two ply, orange and blue cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, multiple strand, orange cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 244 cm |
| Width | 3 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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