Skirt

Refajo

42-35-17

Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery

From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Refajo
Object Number 42-35-17
Current Location Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display
Culture Guatemalan | Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Culture Area Central American
Date Made pre 1933
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

Cotton, black with white pin and compound stripe, woven in two strips, the sum of the two widths of material being the length of the skirt, broad silk randa covering both seams, magenta with cross stripes of orange, green and white, for woman of higher rank, 42-35-15/20 belong together.

Length 92 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width 134.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Thickness 0.2 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number VI-B - Other Number | S.L.3922.19 (MET) - Old Loan Number

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