Faja

Museum number:

3-29650

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Alternate number:

WT F (original number, temp)

Accession number:

Acc.4405

Description:

Faja: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave. Single-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece. Warps cut, macramé fringe of 11" on both ends.

Donor:

Janet Tellefsen

Collection place:

Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

Quetzaltenango , Quetzaltenango

Culture or time period:

K'iche'

Collector:

Thomas Whittaker

Collection date:

late 1960s-1976

Materials:

Cotton (textile) and Silk (floss)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Waistbands

Function:

2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)

Production date:

1940s

Accession date:

March 1, 1989

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Comment:

MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton threads, 2 singles in red, and blue. Warps twisted at one end. Blue wefts at one end where weaver may have run out of red. Green cotton and blue silk floss used together in suppl. weft brocading. Subtle Suppl. weft brocading by passing over one warp creating a 2-D effect. CONTEXT OF USE: Arriola de Geng located this textile in Quetzaltenango because of motifs; some of the supp. weft yarns are hilo de carizo or spool yarn; some kinds imported from the US. (Arriola de Geng). CONSERVATION: Excellent

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