Skirt

Refajo

70-13-93

From: Guatemala | Department of Solola

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Refajo
Object Number 70-13-93
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Solola
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cotton, plain weave, indigo with widely spaced white compound stripes. 2 breadths, horizontal and vertical randa 2.7 cm wide of multicolor stripes.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 44 ppi, two singles, Z twist, indigo and white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a foot loom."

Length 114 cm
Width 100 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1970

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