Woman's Belt (Faja)

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Title	Woman's Belt (Faja)
Artist	Artist Unknown (Maya)
Date	before 1950
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Textiles, Textile-Woven Fabric | Cotton, silk; supplementary weft patterning

Size:

102 x 2 3/4 in. (259.08 x 6.99 cm) (includes fringe)

Creation Place:

Guatemala, Highland region, Totonicapán, San Miguel Totonicapán

Culture:

Maya, Guatemala, Highland region, Totonicapán

Style:

20th century

Physical Description:

Supplementary weft-patterning in purple, white, green - braided fringe at each end.

Credit:

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

Accession Number:

2002.280.16

Artist:

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Added to Site:

February 28, 2009