Skirt Length

Corte

42-35-297

From: Guatemala | San Pedro La Laguna | Department of Solola

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Corte
Object Number 42-35-297
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tzutujil
Provenience Guatemala | San Pedro La Laguna | Department of Solola
Culture Area Central American
Manufacture Location San Cristobal Totonicapan
Date Made pre 1933
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Skirt woven in San Cristobal Totonicapan and traded once a year in the Solola market. Rose, yellow, green, dark blue, purple crosswise stripes. Some dark blue stripes woven in zigzag design with white and ikat.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 40 ppi, single, Z twist, indigo, magenta, purple, green, indigo/white cotton. Two singles, Z twist, yellow cotton. Balanced plain weave with bands of indigo and white jaspe and yellow and indigo overshot pattern. Woven on a foot loom."

Length 440 cm
Width 94 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 232 - Other Number

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