Trousers

Pantalon

85-2-269A

From: Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Pantalon
Object Number 85-2-269A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

White cotton with red stripes, legs brocaded with chevrons, zig-zag and flowers in colors: orange, green, purple, red and blue.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white and red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Brocading - 2 faced. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 84 cm
Width 59 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985

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