Sash (faja)

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Title	Sash (faja)
Artist	Artist Unknown (Maya, K'iche')
Date	c. 1965
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Textiles, Textile-Surface Ornamentation | Silk, cotton

Size:

101 x 2 in. (256.54 x 5.08 cm)

Creation Place:

Guatemala, Highlands region, El Quiché, Chichicastenango, El Quiché

Culture:

Maya, K'iche', Guatemala, Highlands region, El Quiché

Style:

20th century

Physical Description:

embroidery on nearly half of belt in blue, pinks, oranges, and striped vertically on other half in black and beige; many twisted tassels at each end

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Richard L. Simmons in memory of Roberta Grodberg Simmons

Accession Number:

2001.262.30.1

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Added to Site:

February 28, 2009