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Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
55-14-1C
From: Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 55-14-1C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Red cotton with light, dark blue stripes. Band of silk brocading near each end in purple with green, orange and yellow. Both ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 72 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and indigo cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 192 cm |
| Width | 31 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. M. N. Farley, 1955 |
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