Skirt

Corte

85-2-358

From: Guatemala | Department of Totonicapan

Curatorial Section: American

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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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