Skirt
Refajo
89-16-1C
From: Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Refajo |
| Object Number | 89-16-1C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1940 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Indigo and white checked ground with warp and weft jaspe stripes in indigo and white. All cotton with yellow and red brocaded stripe at bottom of skirt. Waist gathered. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, single, Z twist, cotton. Weft: 42 ppi, single, Z twist, cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Woven on a treadle loom." |
| Length | 92 cm |
| Width | 35 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dra. Margarita W. Metzger, 1989 |
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