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Refajo

Native NameRefajo
Object Number:85-2-255
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Mam
Provenience: Guatemala
Colotenango
Department of Huehuetenango
Culture Area: Central American
Section:American
Materials:Cotton
Wool
Length: 103 cm
Width: 98 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:255 - Other Number

Description

Red and navy wool striped with thin yellow accent stripe, one length sewn together.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, singles, Z twist, indigo, red, yellow, cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Backstrap loom."

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