Skirt
Refajo
Native Name | Refajo |
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Object Number: | 85-2-316 |
Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Mam |
Provenience: | Guatemala San Martin Sacatepequez Department of San Marcos |
Culture Area: | Central American |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Cotton |
Length: | 112 cm |
Width: | 112 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: | 316 - Other Number |
Description
Cotton skirt sewn in circle. Two panels sewn together with vertical and horizontal multicolored randa. Navy ground with thin pale blue stripes.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo and light blue cotton. Weft: 34 ppi, two singles, Z twist, indigo. One single, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave."
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