Faja

Museum number:
3-191
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Alternate number:
191 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s waistband. (Some sort of vegetal fiber used for weft. Covered by cotton warp. Stripes of white, blues, red, yellow, and brown warp ends braided. 1m 30 cmlong, 5.5.cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (vegetal matter weft)
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:
width 6.5 centimeters and length 127 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p. 131 ; references below
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Faja, accession number 3-191, described as Woman’s waistband. (Some sort of vegetal fiber used for weft. Covered by cotton warp. Stripes of white, blues, red, yellow, and brown warp ends braided. 1m 30 cmlong, 5.5.cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Faja, accession number 3-191, described as Woman’s waistband. (Some sort of vegetal fiber used for weft. Covered by cotton warp. Stripes of white, blues, red, yellow, and brown warp ends braided. 1m 30 cmlong, 5.5.cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faja, accession number 3-191, described as Woman’s waistband. (Some sort of vegetal fiber used for weft. Covered by cotton warp. Stripes of white, blues, red, yellow, and brown warp ends braided. 1m 30 cmlong, 5.5.cm wide.)

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