Belt
Faja
42-35-361
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Faja |
| Object Number | 42-35-361 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1938 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Woman's ceremonial belt. Red cotton with light blue and yellow edges. Brocaded in a gold, orange, white, green, blue and purple silk geometric design. Heavy brocading at both ends with cross bars in the center. Warps plaited at ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 104 epi, two ply, yellow and salmon cotton. Weft: 12 ppi, multistrand, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 192 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | X- - Other Number |
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