Belt
Faja
85-2-166
From: Guatemala | Santiago Sacatepequez | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-166 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santiago Sacatepequez | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Wool |
| Description | Woman's belt. Black and white, warp striped cotton and wool. Multicolored, twisted fringe ending in wrapped button type ball. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, two ply, white cotton and black wool. Weft: 24 ppi, two ply, black wool. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 250 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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