Skirt Length
Corte
42-35-519
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Corte |
| Object Number | 42-35-519 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Ikat |
| Description | Skirt made of silk and cotton. Red warps with paired yellow warp stripes. Wefts are red, gold and blue-and-white ikat according to the cross pattern. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, single, Z twist, red, yellow cotton with two singles, Z twist, blue cotton in selvedge. Weft: 24 ppi, single, Z twist, yellow rayon and indigo/white jaspe cotton. Two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a treadle loom." |
| Length | 84 cm |
| Width | 416 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | #4 - Other Number |
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