Trousers
Pantalon
42-35-337
From: Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Pantalon |
| Object Number | 42-35-337 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | White cotton trousers. Five pieces total, center piece is very narrow. Row of conventionalized birds in purple silk around bottom. Cord drawstring at waist. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 62 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Brocading is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 110 cm |
| Width | 114 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 263-B - Other Number |
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