Skirt
Refajo
66-34-75
From: Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Refajo |
| Object Number | 66-34-75 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1940 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Skirt made on foot loom. Navy with light blue pin stripes. Horizontal silk stripes at hip level and vertical one at rear. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, dark blue, light blue, indigo cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Woven on a treadle loom." |
| Length | 117 cm |
| Width | 208 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-75 - Other Number |
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