Native Name | Refajo |
Object Number | 80-22-7 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Guatemalan |
Provenience | Guatemala |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Description | Cotton and silk skirt consisting of two panels joined with fagoting stitch, warp faced weave. Warp stripes and wide bands in white, blue, red, green, orange, purple and yellow. Blue and white ikat cotton stripe selvedges and ends finished. Excellent condition. Paper tag #6. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 84 epi, two ply. Weft: 20 ppi, two singles, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 147.32 cm |
Width | 129.54 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Richard C. Bull, 1980 |
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