Skirt Length
Corte
70-13-10
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-13-10 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Navy and white cotton pin-stripe check. Wide white stripe runs along length of fabric, goes at bottom of skirt. Typical Cobanero skirt: Traditional, worn everyday and for mourning. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, single, Z twist, navy cotton. Two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 40 ppi, single, Z twist, white, navy cotton. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a floor loom." |
| Length | 90 cm |
| Width | 83.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1970 |
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