Skirt Material
Corte
85-2-122
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tamahu
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Corte |
| Object Number | 85-2-122 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tamahu |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Skirt material with red cotton ground with yellow stripes. Brocaded bands of geometric designs in green and blue. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, single, Z twist, red and blue cotton. Weft: 36 ppi, single, Z twist, red, yellow and green cotton. Supplementary weft: two singles, Z twist, white and blue cotton. Two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a floor loom." |
| Length | 84 cm |
| Width | 402 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 | 122 - Other Number |
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