Skirt
Refajo
85-2-162
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
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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