Trousers
Pantalon
Native Name | Pantalon |
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Object Number: | 85-2-302 |
Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Tzutujil |
Provenience: | Guatemala Santiago Atitlan Department of Solola |
Culture Area: | Central American |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Cotton |
Length: | 85 cm |
Width: | 62.5 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: | 27 - Field No SF |
Description
White cotton with purple stripes, embroidered cuffs to a depth of 28 cm, bird and geometric zig zag motifs, embroidery threads in a great variety of highly colored cotton.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 88 epi, 2 single, Z twist, white, purple cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Brocading single faced. Embroidery. Made on a backstrap loom."
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