ACW 11 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4798
Description:
Faja, Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
May 2004
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Waistbands
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
April 8, 2016
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 9 centimeters and length 183 centimeters
Comment:
Woven by Albertina’s cousin. Purchased from Albertina Lopez Cumez [as she was then known] in Mendocino, CA, by (Ann C Wilson) ACW in May 2004. 2 paper tags on back of patterned area: (removed) —“ACW #11” —“Purchased from Albertina Lopez Cumez of Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala, at the Mendocino Art Center, Mendo, May 2004, by A. C. Wilson. Woven by a cousin of hers." Single length of weaving. Warp loops at both ends. Black warp. Plain weave. Multicolored single faced animal, bird, tree, and geometric motifs in supplementary weft patterning, predominantly blue & green, covering almost one half of faja. Weaving reflects inexperienced weaver.