Skirt
Corte
| Native Name | Corte |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-20-1 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Guatemala |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 95 cm |
| Width: | 342 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Etta H. Weinberg, 1985 |
Description
Length of fabric. Woven with foot loom or treadle loom. Blue, yellow, green and red on white ground.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 30 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Supplementary weft is purple, blue, magenta, green and yellow rayon (?). Woven on a treadle loom."
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