Loom

Textile

29-60-33

From: Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Pichikil

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29-60-33
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guatemalan | Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Pichikil
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Wood | Silk | Cotton (uncertain)
Technique Embroidered
Iconography Bird | Animal
Description

Small loom for narrow work - to weave hair band. A piece of work started. Band red with white edges. Embroidery, birds, beasts and geometric figures. Foreign yarn. Silk embroidery. No rolling up stick or width stick

Length 221 cm
Width 29.5 cm
Credit Line Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920
Other Number 264 - Field No SF

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