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Faja
Faja
Faja
DepartmentLatin America

Faja

NameSash
CultureHuichol
Datec. 1920
Place madeJalisco, Nayarit, Mexico, North America
MediumWool, cotton
Dimensions90 9/16 × 5 5/16 × 7 1/16 in. (230 × 13.5 × 18 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.83
Object numberA.1979.6.83
DescriptionTextile. Blue and white double weave, geometric with stars, red stripes at selvedges, braided fringes, wool, cotton. Back-strap loom.
Textile
c. 1930
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c. 1950
Woven belt, Cañar prison
Inmate at the Centro de Rehabilitación Social
1967
Uldebe
20th century
Weft Ikat Rio Grande Blanket.
ca. 1800
Ch'uspa
Artist Not Recorded
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Alforja
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1960
Catalogued in objects as possibly an Osage woman's Pow Wow dress.
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Saddle bag
Collected in 1970s
Blanket
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1910