Faja

Museum number:
3-29657
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029657
Alternate number:
WT 9 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Faja de mujer: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece; warps cut to create a fringe.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Nebaj, El Quiche
Culture or time period:
Ixil
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Waistbands
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters and length 220 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton thread; two ply predominantly red, plus white and blue. Suppl. weft brocading in cotton and silk floss. CONTEXT OF USE: At one end of the belt there is a 4" x 1 1/2" extension with end selvedge cut with fringe. This end is tucked in last after wrapping the belt around the waist. CONSERVATION: Good, although frayed at edges and soiled.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Faja, accession number 3-29657, described as Faja de mujer: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece; warps cut to create a fringe.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Faja, accession number 3-29657, described as Faja de mujer: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece; warps cut to create a fringe.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Faja, accession number 3-29657, described as Faja de mujer: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece; warps cut to create a fringe.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faja, accession number 3-29657, described as Faja de mujer: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece; warps cut to create a fringe.

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