Faja

Museum number:
3-233
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Alternate number:
235 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Girdle or woman’s waistband (Woven of natural black and white wool, thin 3 ply yarn stripes. Only warp shows stripes. Unwoven warp ends simple curl together at ends. Approximately 3 m 4 cm long, 7 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Aguacatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Aguacatan, Huehuetanango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Awakateko and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Waistbands
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 320 centimeters and width 9.5 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p.109 Schevill; see references below.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Faja, accession number 3-233, described as Girdle or woman’s waistband (Woven of natural black and white wool, thin 3 ply yarn stripes. Only warp shows stripes. Unwoven warp ends simple curl together at ends. Approximately 3 m 4 cm long, 7 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Faja, accession number 3-233, described as Girdle or woman’s waistband (Woven of natural black and white wool, thin 3 ply yarn stripes. Only warp shows stripes. Unwoven warp ends simple curl together at ends. Approximately 3 m 4 cm long, 7 cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faja, accession number 3-233, described as Girdle or woman’s waistband (Woven of natural black and white wool, thin 3 ply yarn stripes. Only warp shows stripes. Unwoven warp ends simple curl together at ends. Approximately 3 m 4 cm long, 7 cm wide.)

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