Faja

Museum number:

3-225

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Alternate number:

225 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Faja, a woman’s waistband. Cotton, plain weave, thick weft-red, white, and blue stripes, wary ends, braided. Length: 1 m, 14 cm; width at one end: 7 cm; width: at other end.

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)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

October 20, 1902

Department:

Cat. 3 - Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Area

Dimensions:

length 112 centimeters and width 7 centimeters

Comment:

See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p. 135 Schevill; see references below.

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