Skirt
Refajo
69-23-19
From: Guatemala | Department of Sacatepequez | San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Curatorial Section: American
| 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 |
| 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." |
| Length | 91 cm |
| Width | 485 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1969 |
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