Trousers
Pantalon
42-35-423
From: Guatemala | Todos Santos Cuchumatan | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Pantalon |
| Object Number | 42-35-423 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Todos Santos Cuchumatan | Department of Huehuetenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Trousers made with two extra gores in the back center and two extra pieces at front opening, White cotton with broad compound stripes of red, green and yellow. Crossing these are brocaded stripes in solid red with pin stripes of green and yellow. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 64 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Two singles, Z twist, red, green and yellow cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Brocading is single faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 89 cm |
| Width | 63 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 345-B - Collector Number |
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