Skirt
Refajo
| Native Name | Refajo |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 69-23-19 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Sacatepequez San Antonio Aguas Calientes |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wool Cotton |
| Length: | 91 cm |
| Width: | 485 cm |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase, 1969 |
Description
Wool skirt, weft faced weave. Blue, green, purple solid color and green-orange, blue-white jaspe (faded) stripes on warp of magenta. Red, blue and green stripes (barely visible). Jaspe motifs: dolls, plant, triangle, chain etc.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 13 epi, two and three singles, magenta, maroon, red, blue, purple and green cotton. Weft: 48 epi, single, two single, two ply cotton and wool in multicolors. Weft predominantly plain weave. Woven on a foot loom."
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Guatemala Textiles (21 Oct 1970 - 01 Jan 1971) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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