Shawl
Perraje
66-34-43
From: Guatemala | Santiago Atitlan | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Perraje |
Object Number | 66-34-43 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tzutujil |
Provenience | Guatemala | Santiago Atitlan | Department of Solola |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk | Wool |
Technique | Brocade |
Description | Red background plain weave cotton cloth; three different color groupings of stripes run laterally along shawl parallel to selvedge edge. Groupings alternate green-orange-greenblue-white-blue green-orange green, blue-white-blue; green-yellow-green; two breadths of material sewn together by machine; decorative multicolored silk and wool embroidered borders at both ends; loose warp threads knotted and fringed at each end. |
Length | 149 cm |
Width | 98 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
Other Number | A-43 - Other Number |
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