Sash
Faja
29-60-11
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Cristobal Verapaz
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-60-11 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Cristobal Verapaz |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1920 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's girdle made from foreign, red yarn but made with Indian weaving. Fringed at both ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 11 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 200 cm |
| Width | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
| Other Number | 198 - Field No SF |
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