Skirt
Refajo
85-2-116
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Refajo |
| Object Number | 85-2-116 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Blue and white woman's cotton skirt. One seam. Twisted cord runs through waist hem creating a gathered waist as a belt. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, single, Z twist, white, blue, white/blue jaspe cotton. Weft: 34 ppi, single, Z twist, white, blue, white/blue jaspe cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a treadle loom." |
| Length | 82 cm |
| Width | 150 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 | 116 - Other Number |
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