Belt
Faja
85-2-94B
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | Palin
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-94B |
| 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 cotton striped in green. Brocaded in geometric design at the ends. Loose fringe. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, six singles, Z twist, red and green cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, multistrand, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 248 cm |
| Width | 16 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 | 94B - Other Number |
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