Trousers
Pantalon
85-2-306
From: Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Pantalon |
| Object Number | 85-2-306 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton trousers. White warp threads with thin cardinal stripes. Gathered waist. Cuffs weft faced brocade in green beetle and violet stripe and weft-float broacade in violet geometric design. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, two singles, Z twist, white and red cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Brocading is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 75 cm |
| Width | 72 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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