Belt

Faja

42-35-175

From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Faja
Object Number 42-35-175
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Date Made Pre 1933
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

Maternity belt. White ground with embroidered bands of burros, birds and vines in yellow, blue, green and purple cotton and deep rose silk. Ends fringed but not cut.

Length 215 cm
Width 13.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 110-A - Other Number

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