Faja

Museum number:
3-124
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030000124
Alternate number:
124 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Waistband for woman; for the color red the fiber is wool and the dye result is synthetic
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Antonio Las Flores, Guatemala Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Antonio las Flores, Guatemala, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel 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 301 centimeters and width 5.5 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. See acc envelope. See also references below.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Faja, accession number 3-124, described as Waistband for woman; for the color red the fiber is wool and the dye result is syntheticHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Faja, accession number 3-124, described as Waistband for woman; for the color red the fiber is wool and the dye result is synthetic
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faja, accession number 3-124, described as Waistband for woman; for the color red the fiber is wool and the dye result is synthetic

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