Skirt

Refajo

66-34-27

From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Refajo
Object Number 66-34-27
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Date Made pre 1940
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

Plain weave cotton skirt done on foot loom. Blue and white cotton forming plaid. Design has horizontal silk embroidered stripe at hip level and vertical stripe at rear.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a foot loom."

Length 118 cm
Width 280 cm
Credit Line Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966
Other Number A-27 - Other Number

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