Trousers
Pantalon
85-2-269A
From: Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Pantalon |
| Object Number | 85-2-269A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White cotton with red stripes, legs brocaded with chevrons, zig-zag and flowers in colors: orange, green, purple, red and blue. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white and red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Brocading - 2 faced. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 84 cm |
| Width | 59 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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