Object Number | 61-10-29 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Guatemalan |
Provenience | Guatemala |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | White cotton almost completely covered with lavendar brocade. 8 cm wide with border at two ends. Some orange and yellow designs in the lavendar panel. Long (27 cm) tassels at each end. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 88 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 2 panels - 3 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 59.5 cm |
Width | 64 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Raymond T. Parrot, 1961 |
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