Belt
Faja
85-2-17
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's belt made of cotton. Red ground with blue selvedges. Red fringe. Modern. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 70 epi, four ply, red cotton. Four ply, black cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, four ply, black cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 130 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 17 - Other Number |
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