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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