Skirt
Corte
70-13-91
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | Santiago Atitlan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Corte |
| Object Number | 70-13-91 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tzutujil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | Santiago Atitlan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Red cotton skirt with narrow indigo and white warp stripes. Varying width indigo and white jaspe stripes in weft; diamond, chain 3 dolls motif. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, single, Z twist, red, white and indigo cotton with two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton selvedge. Weft: 42 ppi, single, Z twist, red and indigo and white jaspe cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a foot loom." |
| Length | 107 cm |
| Width | 85 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1970 |
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