Faja, hombre

Museum number:
3-29977
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029977
Accession number:
Acc.4518
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; loose warps create 4" fringe, which are uncut resulting in loose warps winding back on themselves. 107 cm x 10 cm. Native name/meaning: faja hombre/man's sash. Materials, techniques: cotton: 2 singles black; 1 two-ply in light black, grey, blue, dark and light green, brown, peach, aqua. Context of use: Even multicolored warps stripes are approximately .5" wide. Light black color predominates in this 4" wide faja; red cotton yarn is doubled and looped through middle of piece at one end. Fringe created at each end by slipping sash off the first piece I ever acquired. Its from circa 1973-74. I was attracted by it because of its unusual combination of colors on a white background. I bought it from a woman from San Antonio Aquas Calientes in front of the Cathedral in Antigua. This faja not meant for traditional use, but rather for tourists. The threads are cotton and the colors I believe are synthetic. Kachikel hands definitely made it! (Hun).
Donor:
Miguel Hun
Collection place:
Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Collector:
Miguel Hun
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Waistbands
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Faja, hombre, accession number 3-29977, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; loose warps create 4" fringe, which are uncut resulting in loose warps winding back on themselves. 107 cm x 10 cm. Native name/meaning: faja hombre/man's sash. Materials, techniques: cotton: 2 singles black; 1 two-ply in light black, grey, blue, dark and light green, brown, peach, aqua. Context of use: Even multicolored warps stripes are approximately .5" wide. Light black color predominates in this 4" wide faja; red cotton yarn is doubled and looped through middle of piece at one end. Fringe created at each end by slipping sash off the first piece I ever acquired. Its from circa 1973-74. I was attracted by it because of its unusual combination of colors on a white background. I bought it from a woman from San Antonio Aquas Calientes in front of the Cathedral in Antigua. This faja not meant for traditional use, but rather for tourists. The threads are cotton and the colors I believe are synthetic. Kachikel hands definitely made it! (Hun).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faja, hombre, accession number 3-29977, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; loose warps create 4" fringe, which are uncut resulting in loose warps winding back on themselves. 107 cm x 10 cm. Native name/meaning: faja hombre/man's sash. Materials, techniques: cotton: 2 singles black; 1 two-ply in light black, grey, blue, dark and light green, brown, peach, aqua. Context of use: Even multicolored warps stripes are approximately .5" wide. Light black color predominates in this 4" wide faja; red cotton yarn is doubled and looped through middle of piece at one end. Fringe created at each end by slipping sash off the first piece I ever acquired. Its from circa 1973-74. I was attracted by it because of its unusual combination of colors on a white background. I bought it from a woman from San Antonio Aquas Calientes in front of the Cathedral in Antigua. This faja not meant for traditional use, but rather for tourists. The threads are cotton and the colors I believe are synthetic. Kachikel hands definitely made it! (Hun).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faja, hombre, accession number 3-29977, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; loose warps create 4" fringe, which are uncut resulting in loose warps winding back on themselves. 107 cm x 10 cm. Native name/meaning: faja hombre/man's sash. Materials, techniques: cotton: 2 singles black; 1 two-ply in light black, grey, blue, dark and light green, brown, peach, aqua. Context of use: Even multicolored warps stripes are approximately .5" wide. Light black color predominates in this 4" wide faja; red cotton yarn is doubled and looped through middle of piece at one end. Fringe created at each end by slipping sash off the first piece I ever acquired. Its from circa 1973-74. I was attracted by it because of its unusual combination of colors on a white background. I bought it from a woman from San Antonio Aquas Calientes in front of the Cathedral in Antigua. This faja not meant for traditional use, but rather for tourists. The threads are cotton and the colors I believe are synthetic. Kachikel hands definitely made it! (Hun).

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