Skirt
Refajo
85-2-201
From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Refajo |
Object Number | 85-2-201 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Quiche |
Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk (uncertain) | Rayon (uncertain) |
Description | Blue cotton with white stripes, two panels sewn together with randa in silk or rayon. Brown, green, white, yellow, purple and orange randa. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 96 epi, single, Z twist, white and indigo cotton. Weft: 46 ppi, single, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Foot loom." |
Length | 118 cm |
Width | 83 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 | 201 - Other Number |
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