Skirt
Corte
42-35-45
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Corte |
| Object Number | 42-35-45 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Unmade skirt made of red cotton with broad compound stripes of blue and white ikat. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Two singles, indigo cotton in selvedge. Weft: 44 ppi, single, Z twist, red and yellow with indigo/white jaspe cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a treadle loom." |
| Length | 92 cm |
| Width | 373 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | CH-I - Other Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.