Trousers
Pantalon
61-10-9
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Pedro De Atitlan
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Pantalon |
Object Number | 61-10-9 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Guatemalan |
Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | San Pedro De Atitlan |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Wool |
Technique | Ikat |
Description | Plain weave, 5 strand weft, white cotton, 2 strand. Every 2.5 to3.5 cm there are four 2 strand orange warps alternating with 4 ikat navy and white warps. About every 5.5 cm in the weft there are 2 green wefts inserted. Legs embroidered in alternating woll pattern stripes. Designs geometric. Embroidery: purple, green, dark green, shocking pink, navy orange and red. White cotton with vertical orange pencil stripes (7 cm apart) alternating with wider rows of dark blue ecat warp (7 cm apart). Vertical lines horizontally cut by underwoven blue stripes also 7 cm apart. Wool embroidered geometric designs on legs in pink, green, red, purple, orange, and blue. Designs form three horizontal bands with isolated figures in between. |
Length | 87 cm |
Width | 35.7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Raymond T. Parrot, 1961 |
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