Faja

Museum number:

3-32187

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Alternate number:

ACW Guatemala #30 (previous number)

Accession number:

Acc.4804

Description:

Faja, cotton, probably back strap woven, warp face dominate with thicker weft, repweave: variable weave. Warp stripes are red, purple, blue and green; with central thin stripes in ikat/jaspe design. Warp ends cut and left as loose fringe.

Donor:

Anne Connell Wilson

Collection place:

Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

Antigua

Culture or time period:

Maya

Collector:

Anne Connell Wilson

Materials:

Cotton (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Waistbands

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

March 6, 2017

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Dimensions:

whole— width 7.9 centimeters, whole— length 165 centimeters, and whole— depth 0.1 centimeters

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