Faja

Museum number:
3-29689
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT H (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Faja de Hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. Warps cut and twisted into a 4" fringe, knotted at ends.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Zacualpa, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Zacualpa
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Waistbands
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1970s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 22 centimeters and length 300 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed of cotton thread; 2 singles, two ply orange, red and green. CONTEXT OF USE: Tape tag "#22, $10". Orange pinned tag, E-10. At both ends flanking suppl. weft brocaded bands are two rows of twining in black and white (Davis). This feature not noted in other textiles in t his collection. CONSERVATION: Excellent.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Faja, accession number 3-29689, described as Faja de Hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. Warps cut and twisted into a 4" fringe, knotted at ends.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Faja, accession number 3-29689, described as Faja de Hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. Warps cut and twisted into a 4" fringe, knotted at ends.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Faja, accession number 3-29689, described as Faja de Hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. Warps cut and twisted into a 4" fringe, knotted at ends.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faja, accession number 3-29689, described as Faja de Hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. Warps cut and twisted into a 4" fringe, knotted at ends.

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