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Start Over Object class Snowflakes (motifs) Accession number Acc.4538
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-29945, described as Backstap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single and two-faced supp. weft brocading one piece; ends cut and uncut, braided into two tassels at each end; cut warps at one end are also knotted together. Native name and meaning: Faja/Belt, Mujer/Woman's. Materials, techniques: Acrylic two, 2-ply red, green and yellow, and four, 2-ply red. Acrylic supp. weft brocading in three, 2-ply white, fuchsia, bright pink and orange; four 2-ply in turquoise, green, coral, purple, orange and royal blue; cotton or rayon. Context of use: Collected by Linda Green during UREP expedition in 1991. Woven by Isabel Quitz between July-November 1991. Predominately red with yellow and green stripes; multicolored single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two tassels at each end of the faja, created by braiding warps together. Brocading done at each end of faja, while the center portion left undecorated. One end of faja has double motif in each register (i.e. two birds/register), while the other end of faja has single motif/register. The single motifs are bordered on each side with smaller geometric figures (similar to "snowflakes"). Birds and geometric iconography.

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