Skirt
Corte
85-2-356
From: Guatemala | San Miguel Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Corte |
| Object Number | 85-2-356 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Miguel Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | ca. 1930 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Fragment, bands of silk weft, tye dye technique. Vertical stripes of blue, red, yellow, green, pink and white ikat designs. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, single, Z twist, cotton in red, green, yellow and blue. Weft: 36 ppi, single, Z twist, white and indigo cotton. 2 singles, silk or rayon in many colors. Balanced plain weave." |
| Length | 129 cm |
| Width | 425 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 356 - Other Number |
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