Trousers

Pantalon

85-2-302

From: Guatemala | Santiago Atitlan | Department of Solola

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Pantalon
Object Number 85-2-302
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tzutujil
Provenience Guatemala | Santiago Atitlan | Department of Solola
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

White cotton with purple stripes, embroidered cuffs to a depth of 28 cm, bird and geometric zig zag motifs, embroidery threads in a great variety of highly colored cotton.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 88 epi, 2 single, Z twist, white, purple cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Brocading single faced. Embroidery. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 85 cm
Width 62.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985
Other Number 27 - Field No SF

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