Belt
Faja
70-13-57
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 70-13-57 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton belt. Warp faced with narrow green and red stripes. Widely spaced brocaded motifs of multicolor birds, geometrics and letters. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 84 epi, two ply cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, multiple strands, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 213 |
| Width | 2.7 |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1970 |
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