Skirt

Refajo

85-2-201

From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Refajo
Object Number 85-2-201
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk (uncertain) | Rayon (uncertain)
Description

Blue cotton with white stripes, two panels sewn together with randa in silk or rayon. Brown, green, white, yellow, purple and orange randa.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 96 epi, single, Z twist, white and indigo cotton. Weft: 46 ppi, single, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Foot loom."

Length 118 cm
Width 83 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 201 - Other Number

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