Object class: Costume components / Culture or time period: Maya / Materials: Wool (textile) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Faja, accession number 3-233, described as Girdle or woman’s waistband (Woven of natural black and white wool, thin 3 ply yarn stripes. Only warp shows stripes. Unwoven warp ends simple curl together at ends. Approximately 3 m 4 cm long, 7 cm wide.)

Hearst Museum object titled Faja, accession number 3-124, described as Waistband for woman; for the color red the fiber is wool and the dye result is synthetic

Hearst Museum object titled Faja, accession number 3-234, described as Girdle or woman’s waistband. (Same as 3-234 except that loose warp ends are twisted together to form black or white fringes, knotted at ends. Approximately 9 cm long. Length 1 m 62 cm, width 6 cm.)

Hearst Museum object titled Faja, accession number 3-93, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-93 wool; natural white and black; lengthwise stripes; warp cut for fringe ends; approximately 1 m 52 cm long plus fringe, 4.2 cm wide