Belt
Faja
85-2-16
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-16 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Wool |
| Description | Woman's belt. Back and white striped cotton and wool. Fringed at both ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 54 epi, two ply, white cotton and black wool. Weft: 20 ppi, two ply, black wool. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 180 cm |
| Width | 4 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 | 16 - Other Number |
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