Shawl
Perraje
42-35-318
From: Guatemala | San Lucas Toliman | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Perraje |
| Object Number | 42-35-318 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tzutujil | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Lucas Toliman | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Shawl with red ground with blue, green, and yellow stripes of various widths. Both ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, two singles, Z twist, multicolored cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. One panel, two selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 184 cm |
| Width | 35 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 247 - Other Number |
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