Tapado
Shawl
85-2-337
From: Guatemala | San Juan Cotzal | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 85-2-337 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Cotzal | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Faded red cotton of two panels sewn together with a ulticolored randa. Brocaded animal design. Selvedge edges woven with pink, green and lavender stripes. Other edges have brocaded bands. "N L A" is crudely hand sewn on one panel and "V O T" is sewn on the other. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp ground: 34 epi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp borders: 68 epi, two ply, lavender, green and pink cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Top and bottom selvedges crocheted. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 110 cm |
| Width | 102 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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