Belt
Faja
85-2-20
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-20 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's belt with salmon weft. Red, cotton warp. Red fringes. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and black cotton. Weft: 21 ppi, four singles, Z twist, salmon cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 222 cm |
| Width | 3.5 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 | 20 - Other Number |
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