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Skirt

Corte

Native NameCorte
Object Number:85-2-351
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Mam
Provenience: Guatemala
San Rafael Petzal
Department of Huehuetenango
Culture Area: Central American
Section:American
Materials:Cotton
Length: 22 cm
Width: 95 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:351 - Other Number

Description

Navy cotton with green white and blue stripes.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, single, Z twist, indigo, white cotton. Weft: 42 ppi, single, Z twist, indigo, purple, green, cotton. 2 singles, Z twist, white, white/indigo cotton (twisted). Single, Z twist, jaspe indigo/white cotton (basketweave). Balanced plain weave. Foot loom."

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