Belt
Faja
42-35-415
From: Guatemala | Huehuetenango | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 42-35-415 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Huehuetenango | Department of Huehuetenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Manufacture Location | Mexico (Central America) |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Woven |
| Description | Woman's belt. Woven in narrow red and blue stripes and broader central toothed yellow stripe. Warp ends plaited. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, three singles, Z twist, red, blue and yellow cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, five singles, S twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 150 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 339 - Collector Number |
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