Skirt
Refajo
85-2-257
From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | Soloma
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Refajo |
| Object Number | 85-2-257 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kanjobal |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | Soloma |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Unmade skirt with red cotton ground. Thin blue and green stripes with white and blue jaspe ikat. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 34 epi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 46 ppi, single, Z twist, red, blue, white/blue jaspe cotton. Two singles, Z twist, bright blue, blue and green cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a treadle loom." |
| Length | 94 cm |
| Width | 400 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 | 257 - Other Number |
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