Belt
Faja
42-35-360
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 42-35-360 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Blue, green and yellow cotton with light and dark blue brocaded plant figures. Warps twisted at each end into three long strands. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 80 epi, two ply, black, green, yellow and white cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, blue cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 155 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 285 - Other Number |
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