Belt

Faja

29-219-12

From: Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Faja
Object Number 29-219-12
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cotton belt. White ground with purple and salmon weft brocading in geometric and line designs. Fringed at one end.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, two singles, Z twist, white, purple and yellow cotton with supplementary warps in purple and salmon. Four singles, Z twist, cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, five singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 209 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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