Shirt
Camisa
42-35-89
From: Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Camisa |
Object Number | 42-35-89 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Description | Very long shirt made of white cotton with narrow red stripes. Bottom of back is fringed. Sleeves are red cotton embroidered in purple and green silk in geometric line design. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp body: 56 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft body: 17 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp sleeves: 58 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft sleeves: 20 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Brocading is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 115 cm |
Width | 118 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
Other Number | 43-A - Collector Number |
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