Treadle-loomed, balanced plain and twill weaves, two pieces, warps cut, joined at side selvedges with hand sewing.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Zunil, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Zunil, Quezaltenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Piece of tape affixed with "#11 $5"; very thick striped of twill weave in orange, pink, cobalt blue and green in 1/4" striped alternates with the plain weave jaspe; side selvedges are well worn. Skirt is worn with wefts appearing as vertical. For poor people (Miralbes de Polanco).