Skirt
Refajo
85-2-287
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Refajo |
Object Number | 85-2-287 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cakchiquel |
Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola |
Culture Area | Central American |
Date Made | ca. 1936 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Blue cotton skirt with white stripes woven in four pieces. Horizontal and vertical randas of cotton thread. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 42 ppi, two singles, Z twist, indigo and white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a foot loom." |
Length | 94 cm |
Width | 117 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 | 287 - Other Number |
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