Belt
Faja
85-2-312A
From: Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-312A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Wool |
| Description | Belt of dark brown wool with narrow, white cotton stripes. Fringed on both ends. Brown wool is twisted and white cotton forms twine. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two ply, natural brown wool. Two ply, white cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, two ply, brown wool. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 246 cm |
| Width | 11.5 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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