Skirt Length
Corte
42-35-297
From: Guatemala | San Pedro La Laguna | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Corte |
| Object Number | 42-35-297 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tzutujil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro La Laguna | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Manufacture Location | San Cristobal Totonicapan |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Skirt woven in San Cristobal Totonicapan and traded once a year in the Solola market. Rose, yellow, green, dark blue, purple crosswise stripes. Some dark blue stripes woven in zigzag design with white and ikat. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 40 ppi, single, Z twist, indigo, magenta, purple, green, indigo/white cotton. Two singles, Z twist, yellow cotton. Balanced plain weave with bands of indigo and white jaspe and yellow and indigo overshot pattern. Woven on a foot loom." |
| Length | 440 cm |
| Width | 94 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 232 - Other Number |
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