Fabric

Corte

85-2-320

From: Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Corte
Object Number 85-2-320
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ixil
Provenience Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Red cotton skirt with widely spaced stripes.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton in selvedge. Weft ground: 52 ppi, single, Z twist, red, yellow, indigo/white jaspe cotton. Balanced plain weave with weft faced stripes. Woven on a treadle loom."

Length 96 cm
Width 408 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 320 - Other Number

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