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Object Number 40-49-20/7584
Display Title Piece of cloth - gauze weave known as "rene"; alternating horizontal plain weave
Descriptions
Object Description Piece of cloth - gauze weave known as "rene"; alternating horizontal plain weave bands have brocaded designs in red, green, & yellow cotton; rest of white cotton
Inventory Description Gauze, white, multicolored vegetable des embrdry in vert panels, rect, fringed
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Alta Verapaz / <County> / Coban
Additional Geographic Terms Coban Region
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 50.5 x 53.5 cm (19 7/8 x 21 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-49-20/7584

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