Trousers

Pantalon

42-35-301

From: Guatemala | San Pedro La Laguna | Department of Solola

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Pantalon
Object Number 42-35-301
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tzutujil
Provenience Guatemala | San Pedro La Laguna | Department of Solola
Culture Area Central American
Date Made pre 1933
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

White with narrow blue and white ikat stripe and fine weft cross stripe, embroidered in blue orange and red cotton in zigzags ans combined triangles, worn rolled at waist to make them knee length.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 64 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white, green, blue/white ikat cotton. Weft: 30 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white and blue cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Brocading single faced. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 88 cm
Width 34 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 228 - Other Number

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