Trousers
Pantalon
42-35-90
From: Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Pantalon |
| Object Number | 42-35-90 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Short trousers made of white cotton with narrow red stripes. Bottom of legs embroidered in purple and green silk in geometric line design. White cotton cord at waist. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp body: 56 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft body: 17 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Brocading is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 56 cm |
| Width | 54 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 43-B - Collector Number |
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