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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)

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