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Textile

Native NameDe Palitos
Object Number:42-35-305
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Tzutujil
Provenience: Guatemala
San Pedro La Laguna
Department of Solola
Culture Area: Central American
Date Made: pre 1933
Early Date: 1928
Late Date: 1933
Section:American
Materials:Wood
Cotton
Length: 224.5 cm
Width: 64.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number:231-A - Other Number

Description

1 cloth bar, 1 loom [warp] bar, 1 width gauge of cane, 1 sword, 1 heddle, 1 light rod similar too heddle apparently belonging to loom but not used for this piece of weaving, 1 very heavy shed stick, shuttle not received, the partially woven cloth is white cotton 35 cm wide with green four thread lengthwise and shadow cross stripes, for men's trousers

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