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Skirt

Refajo

Native NameRefajo
Object Number:85-2-236
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Mam
Provenience: Guatemala
Todos Santos Cuchumatan
Department of Huehuetenango
Culture Area: Central American
Section:American
Materials:Cotton
Length: 87 cm
Width: 165 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:236 - Other Number

Description

Blue cotton with purple stripes, one seam.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, single, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, single, Z twist, indigo cotton. 2 singles, Z twist, purple cotton. Balanced plain weave. Foot loom."

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