Skirt

Corte

85-2-356

From: Guatemala | San Miguel Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Corte
Object Number 85-2-356
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | San Miguel Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan
Culture Area Central American
Date Made ca. 1930
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

Fragment, bands of silk weft, tye dye technique. Vertical stripes of blue, red, yellow, green, pink and white ikat designs.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, single, Z twist, cotton in red, green, yellow and blue. Weft: 36 ppi, single, Z twist, white and indigo cotton. 2 singles, silk or rayon in many colors. Balanced plain weave."

Length 129 cm
Width 425 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 356 - Other Number

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