Skirt Length

Corte

42-35-381

From: Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Rabinal

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Corte
Object Number 42-35-381
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Rabinal
Culture Area Central American
Date Made pre 1933
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Multicolored skirt with red, blue, green and yellow plaid. The blue is ikat.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, single, Z twist, red, indigo, yellow-green cotton. Two singles, Z twist, indigo/white jaspe cotton. Weft: 44 ppi, single Z twist, red, indigo cotton. Two singles, Z twist, yellow, green, indigo/white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a foot loom.

Length 94 cm
Width 40 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 310-D - Other Number

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