Belt
Faja
66-34-60
From: Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 66-34-60 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's belt. Black cotton plain weave cotton cloth with red pin stripes an chain stripe running entire length; Three bands of brocading at both ends. Design of zigzags, dots and triangles. Colors are magenta, orange, aqua, yellow, white. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and black cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, two singles, Z twist, black cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 280 cm |
| Width | 24 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-60 - Field No SF |
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