Belt
Faja
85-2-374
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria Cauque | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-374 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria Cauque | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk | Wool |
| Description | Red cotton ground. Cotton, silk and wool weft brocade. Long fringe borders. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Six ply, red cotton. Weft: 13 ppi, six ply, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 244 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 |
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