Skirt

Refajo

85-2-248

From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Juan Atitan

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Refajo
Object Number 85-2-248
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mam
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Juan Atitan
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Wool (uncertain)
Description

Navy wool seamed together to form a circle, three pale blue stripes.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. 3 singles, Z twist, light blue, indigo cotton. Weft: 12 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Foot loom."

Length 83 cm
Width 98 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 248 - Other Number

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