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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
Ceremonial Faja (Belt)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Ceremonial Faja (Belt)

AAT Object Form/Functionfajas (Latin American costume)
AAT Object Form/Functiontextiles (visual works)
AAT Object Form/Functionbelts (costume accessories)
AAT Object Form/Functionceremonial costume
Place CreatedTotonicapan, Guatemala, Central America, North America
CultureK'iche' Maya
Dateca. 1925
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions3 in. (7.6 cm)
Object number2009.042.421
Exhibition HistoryThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
Published ReferencesThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/130.
"Creations of the Red Goddess: the Women's Blouse (Pot, Huipil) from Chichicastenango over Time," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/redgoddess.
ProvenanceEx coll Mrs. Betty L. Hunt, Hot Springs, Arkansas, purchased from John Menser [The Menser Collection], Dallas, Texas, June 3, 1976. Ex coll. Samuel R. Bright, Jr. (1936-2001) and Mickey Paddock Bright Griffin, United States.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas