Skirt

Refajo

42-35-129

From: Guatemala | San Cristobal Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Refajo
Object Number 42-35-129
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | San Cristobal Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan
Culture Area Central American
Date Made -1933
Section American
Materials Cotton | Rayon
Description

Cotton warp, some cotton but mostly rayon weft, plaid in all colors of the rainbow with ikat in both directions.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 22, 2 singles, yellow, red, green, black and white jaspe cotton. Weft: 18 single black and white jaspe cotton, red, pink, yellow, green, blue, rayon. Balanced plain weave."

Length 92 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 70-B - Other Number

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