Belt (Faja)

Textiles

1900/50

Quiché Maya
Probably San Tomás Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Maya
Title: Belt (Faja)
Place: San Tomás Chichicastenango (Object Probably made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1900–1950
Medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk in chain and satin stitches; warp fringe
Dimensions: 263.5 × 4.5 cm (103 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland
Reference Number: 1969.778

Art Institute of Chicago, Folk Art Textiles from the Permanent Collection, Nov. 8, 1980-Mar. 1, 1981.

Hazel Crow Ewell (also Mrs. James C. Ewell, 1888-1972), Ringwood, IL, by Oct. 31, 1969 [Incoming permanent receipt RX7224, Oct. 31, 1969; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1969.

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