Skirt

Refajo

85-2-257

From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | Soloma

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Refajo
Object Number 85-2-257
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kanjobal
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | Soloma
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Unmade skirt with red cotton ground. Thin blue and green stripes with white and blue jaspe ikat.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 34 epi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 46 ppi, single, Z twist, red, blue, white/blue jaspe cotton. Two singles, Z twist, bright blue, blue and green cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a treadle loom."

Length 94 cm
Width 400 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985
Other Number 257 - Other Number

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