Skirt

Refajo

85-2-73

From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Refajo
Object Number 85-2-73
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Blue woven cotton skirt with white plaid design. Woven in two pieces joined together.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 28 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, two singles, Z twist, indigo and white cotton. Balanced weave. Woven on a foot loom."

Length 124 cm
Width 156 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 73 - Other Number

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