Faja
The collectors were told that this woman’s sash was woven in the hills near Pátzcuaro by Tarascan women (now more commonly termed Purépecha). It was woven on the backstrap loom, with blue and black wool, and displays blue horizontal bands across its width. The warp has not been severed. This sash therefore incorporates a length of warp that is 230 mm – when severed, these warp yarns would be knotted or braided to serve as the end-fringe.
Purchased by the donors in February 1967
Purchased by the donors in February 1967
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 149/2007/17
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Collection Area Region
- CENT
- Material
- wool
- Common Name
- faja
- Simple Name
- sash
- Period Classification
- Modern (1945-)
- Production Town
- Pátzcuaro
- Production County
- Michoacán
- Production Country
- Mexico
- Production Year High
- 02/1967
