Sash
Faja
91-36-21
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 91-36-21 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | This was woven as a sash and subsequently cut across the middle and the two pieces joined lengthwise; fringe on one end. Red ground with yellow and purple warp stripes. Supplementary weft brocading: bird, diamond, flower motifs in yellow, purple cotton and light green, purple silk; two headless figures in yellow. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 epi three singles Z-twist red, yellow cotton, 56 epi three ply purple cotton. Weft: 20 ppi three singles Z-twist red cotton.Supplementary weft: two-faced. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 142 cm |
| Width | 43 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991 |
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