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Accession Number 1975.2.6 Title sash Category Clothing Accessory Object Type sash Date Made 1975 Place Made North America: Guatemala, Chajul Culture Native Middle American Cultural Region Native Middle American Gender and Age women Materials and Techniques cotton; handwoven Measurements overall: 328 x 21 cm Description Hand-woven warp-faced cotton sash; red warp; discontinuous supplementary wefts form geometric patterns; warp ends are braided in groups ending in pom-poms, mostly red, one pom-pom is blue, one partly white. Credit Line University of Alberta