Trousers
Pantalon
42-35-319
From: Guatemala | San Lucas Toliman | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Pantalon |
| Object Number | 42-35-319 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tzutujil | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Lucas Toliman | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | For a man of noble class, worn well above the knees, red and white in alternating broad and narrow stripes and red cross stripes forming bands, rows of conventualized figures in red, yellow, green and dark blue cotton. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 56 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red, white cotton. Weft: 30 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white and red cotton. Warp plain weave. Brocading single faced. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 69 cm |
| Width | 65 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 248 - Other Number |
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