Skirt

Refajo

85-2-162

From: Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Refajo
Object Number 85-2-162
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk (uncertain) | Rayon (uncertain)
Description

Blue, cotton skirt with white stripes. Two panels sewn together. Silk or rayon randas.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, two singles, Z twist, white and blue cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Woven on a foot loom."

Length 199 cm
Width 127 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 162 - Other Number

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