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Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
85-2-308
From: Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | San Martin Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Banda (Guatemalan Textile) |
| Object Number | 85-2-308 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | San Martin Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1960-1965 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Red cotton ground with yellow and green cotton and purple silk brocading. Stylized flower and chevron motifs. Bird motif in blue. Twined fringe on ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, three singles, Z twist, red, yellow and green cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 417 cm |
| Width | 31.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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