Belt
Faja
85-2-209C
From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-209C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton belt with red ground and narrow blue stripes. Twisted fringes and zigzag brocading. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, two single, Z twist, red and indigo cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Height | 0.7 |
| Length | 295 |
| Width | 46.4 |
| 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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