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Faja
70-13-54
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-13-54 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton belt. Warp face. Narrow orange, yellow, maroon, green and purple stripes. Purple and red weft. Loose fringe. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 80 epi, two ply, multicolored cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, multistrand, salmon cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 219 cm |
| Width | 3.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1970 |
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