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Object Number
986-5-20/26175
Display Title
Woman's sash (faja)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Faja
Object Description
Woman's sash (faja); red ground; no warp line design; many weft lines, basically split into groups of 6-9, in orange, green, white, purple, violet, blue; abundant brocade of single-sided free-standing animals, birds, zoomorphs and symbols in same colors as warps, plus yellow; embroidery on one side in green and blue; symbols are chevronic, both large and small; each pattern of symbols is defined by a boundary of warp lines; on one side there is a snake pattern made by the embroidered thread, also some form of chevron pattern; knotted and braided fringe; some dirt on non-brocaded area
Inventory Description
Woven sash, red cotton with multi-colored embroidered animals, tassle fringe.
Classification
- Sash
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1950 ca.
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Nebaj
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Cotzal
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Cotzal
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 164 x 29.3 x 1.1 cm (64 9/16 x 11 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26175
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 986-5-20/26174 | Man's sash (faja) |
Raw Material
Sash |
Almolonga
| |
| 986-5-20/26232 | Woman's sash (faja) |
Sash
Raw Material |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26166 | Man's cloth (tzute de Cofradia) |
Woven
Raw Material |
Almolonga?
| |
| 986-5-20/26234 | Man's sash (faja) |
Sash
Raw Material |
Guatemala
| |
| 986-5-20/26228 | Man's sash (faja) |
Sash
Raw Material |
San Juan Cotzal
| |
| 986-5-20/26176 | Huipil |
Shirt
Raw Material |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26189 | Textile |
Woven
Raw Material |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26235 | Man's sash (faja) |
Sash
|
Guatemala
| |
| 986-5-20/26168 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Napkin
Raw Material |
Nebaj
Cotzal | |
| 986-5-20/26233 | Man's sash (faja) |
Sash
Raw Material |
Guatemala
| |
| 986-5-20/26231 | Woman's sash (faja) |
Sash
Raw Material |
Huehuetenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26255 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
San Marcos La Laguna
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango San Pablo La Laguna |