Shawl
Perraje
66-34-43
From: Guatemala | Santiago Atitlan | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Perraje |
| Object Number | 66-34-43 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tzutujil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santiago Atitlan | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk | Wool |
| Technique | Brocade |
| Description | Red background plain weave cotton cloth; three different color groupings of stripes run laterally along shawl parallel to selvedge edge. Groupings alternate green-orange-greenblue-white-blue green-orange green, blue-white-blue; green-yellow-green; two breadths of material sewn together by machine; decorative multicolored silk and wool embroidered borders at both ends; loose warp threads knotted and fringed at each end. |
| Length | 149 cm |
| Width | 98 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-43 - Other Number |
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