Belt
Faja
85-2-206
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Faja |
Object Number | 85-2-206 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Quiche |
Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
Culture Area | Central American |
Date Made | 1956 |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Belt with pink, green, gold and white striped cotton. Braided fringe. Second tag attributes it to Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, El Quiche. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 82 epi, three ply, multicolored cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, multiple strands, orange cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 216 cm |
Width | 5.5 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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