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Perraje

NA5519

From: Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Perraje
Object Number NA5519
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Soft weave. Cotton: brown, green, blue, yellow, orange, and purple weft stripes.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 7 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, blue cotton (selvedge is 3 singles). Weft: 80 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, multicolored cotton. Weft faced plain weave."

Length 200.66 cm
Width 127 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1916

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