Belt
Faja
42-35-333
From: Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 42-35-333 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's belt. Dark blue ground with paired narrow red stripes. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo and red cotton. Weft: 15 ppi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 279 cm |
| Width | 25 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 260-A - Other Number |
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