Belt
Faja
85-2-206
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-206 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1956 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Belt with pink, green, gold and white striped cotton. Braided fringe. Second tag attributes it to Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, El Quiche. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 82 epi, three ply, multicolored cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, multiple strands, orange cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 216 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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