Shawl
Perraje
42-35-47
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Perraje |
| Object Number | 42-35-47 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Two panels of a shawl with red and black compound stripes with pin stripes of green, orange, yellow and white. Ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 72 epi, three singles, Z twist, multicolored cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Two panels, two selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 156 cm |
| Width | 83.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | VI - Other Number |
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