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Object Number
986-5-20/26221
Display Title
Skirt
Descriptions
Object Description
Skirt; patterning is checkerboard-like; red cotton ground with weft line design consisting of azure, white and dark blue threads; the white and dark blue are also used in an ikat (jaspe) pattern; warp lines are of white and azure only; the white and azure warps and wefts create the square pattern; the jaspe warps are in groups of four within 2 white azure lines; at the edges, the border is uneven in blue thread; mold
Inventory Description
Woven textile, red, with blue, white and black stripes.
Classification
- Woven
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Solola
/
<County>
/
Santiago Atitlan
Materials
Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 95.2 x 101 x 0.1 cm (37 1/2 x 39 3/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26221
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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