Shawl
Perraje
85-2-313
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Perraje |
| Object Number | 85-2-313 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's shawl of navy cotton with supplementary weft design. With three sets of three thin green stripes, the weft design is geometric designs in green, purple, yellow, blue, pink, red and white. Uncut fringe on both ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Two singles, two ply, green cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, four singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 178 cm |
| Width | 73 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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