Belt
Faja
85-2-65
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-65 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Woman's belt. Red cotton with yellow and purple stripes with silk brocade of birds and animals. Cotton fringe at ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Weft: 12 ppi, multi strand, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 224 cm |
| Width | 25 cm |
| 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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