Faja, hombre, cofradía

Museum number:
3-29767
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT CC (temporary number) and WT (previous number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, warps cut and finished with tassels.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Martin Sacatepequez, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Quezaltenango; San Martin Sacatepequez (C.V.)
Culture or time period:
Mam
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Waistbands
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1930-1940
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Native name and meaning: CONTEXT OF USE: CONSERVATION:
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Faja, hombre, cofradía, accession number 3-29767, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, warps cut and finished with tassels.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Faja, hombre, cofradía, accession number 3-29767, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, warps cut and finished with tassels.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faja, hombre, cofradía, accession number 3-29767, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, warps cut and finished with tassels.

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