Belt
Faja
85-2-319
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 85-2-319 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Woman's belt. Purple cotton ground. Brocaded in geometric designs with silk embroidery thread. One end has loose fringe the other has been braided. Woven in Totonicapan. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 96 epi, two ply, purple cotton. Two singles, Z twist, peach cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, multiple strands, peach cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 232 cm |
| Width | 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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