Faja de hombre

Museum number:
3-29904
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029904
Accession number:
Acc.4193
Description:
Man's sash; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominated, plain weave; single piece of cloth; end warps cut, create 8" fringes. Checkerboard effect. 319.5 x 17 cm. Native name: Faja de hombre, man's sash. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, red, white, black, orange, green, blue. Context of use: Red background with vertical multicolored stripes worked in creating accents on either side; fringes twisted and knotted at both ends; overall appearance is an oblong shape; outstanding vertical stripe combination.
Donor:
Penelope Cooper
Collection place:
Sacatepequez Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Sacatepquez; Sumpango
Collector:
Penelope Cooper
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Waistbands
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Faja de hombre, accession number 3-29904, described as Man's sash; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominated, plain weave; single piece of cloth; end warps cut, create 8" fringes. Checkerboard effect. 319.5 x 17 cm. Native name: Faja de hombre, man's sash. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, red, white, black, orange, green, blue. Context of use: Red background with vertical multicolored stripes worked in creating accents on either side; fringes twisted and knotted at both ends; overall appearance is an oblong shape; outstanding vertical stripe combination.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faja de hombre, accession number 3-29904, described as Man's sash; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominated, plain weave; single piece of cloth; end warps cut, create 8" fringes. Checkerboard effect. 319.5 x 17 cm. Native name: Faja de hombre, man's sash. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, red, white, black, orange, green, blue. Context of use: Red background with vertical multicolored stripes worked in creating accents on either side; fringes twisted and knotted at both ends; overall appearance is an oblong shape; outstanding vertical stripe combination.

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