Native Name | Faja |
Object Number | 29-219-12 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Guatemala |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Cotton belt. White ground with purple and salmon weft brocading in geometric and line designs. Fringed at one end. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, two singles, Z twist, white, purple and yellow cotton with supplementary warps in purple and salmon. Four singles, Z twist, cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, five singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 209 cm |
Width | 9.5 cm |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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