Belt
Faja
85-2-94A
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | Palin
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-94A |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Pokomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Palin |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's belt. Red with narrow blue stripes. Geometric designs. Supplementary weft. One end has knotted fringe which is closed at lower end with a few rows of woven weft. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, three ply, red cotton. Four ply, blue cotton. Weft: 12 ppi, multistrand singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 236 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 94A - Other Number |
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