Belt
Faja
85-2-134
From: Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-134 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's belt with red cotton ground and stripes in purple, white, blue, pink, and black. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 64 epi, three singles, multicolored cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 430 cm |
| Width | 14 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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