Skirt
Corte
85-2-358
From: Guatemala | Department of Totonicapan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Corte |
| Object Number | 85-2-358 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Totonicapan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Fragment, cotton, ikat woven. Dark blue ground with white, yellow, green and purple in bands. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, single, Z twist, white and indigo japse. Indigo, green cotton. Weft: 40 ppi, single, Z twist, indigo, white and indigo jaspe. Green and dark purple cotton. Single, Z twist, yellow and white overshot. Balanced plain weave. Made on a tool loom." |
| Length | 94 cm |
| Width | 97 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 | 358 - Other Number |
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