Object name: Corte / Collector: Margot Blum Schevill / Donor: Margot Blum Schevill - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Corte, accession number 3-29970, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave; two pieces; warps cut and joined together with machine-stitching and covered with hand-stitched randa. 162 cm x 112. cm. Native name/meaning: corte/skirt. Materials, techniques: cotton: singles in black, 2 singles in white. Context of use: Purchased in Guatemala City from vendors for $26.50 and donated in 1992 by Margot Schevill. The wide (2") randa dominated the skirt, which was probably woven in Totonicapan for use on this town (San Juan Sacatepequez). It is of bright colors on a dark background, and the randa is unusally wide. The textile has a heavy texture. The ground is black with stripes of varying widths running in both the warp and weft directions; where they intersect, a plaid pattern is created. Two rows of randa (one in warp direction , the other in weft direction) follow the stripes. This randa is unusually wide (1") and is worked in many colors, although lavender predominates. With the cloth being doubles at the joinings and then working the randa on top of it, the seams are very thick.

Hearst Museum object titled Corte, accession number 3-29969, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave; two pieces; warps cut and joined together with hand-stitched randa. 121 cm x 108 cm. Native name/meaning: corte/skirt. Materials, techniques: cotton: singles in white and dark blue, possible indigo. Context of use: Purchased in Nahuala for $10.00 and donated by Margot Schevill in 1992. Two pieces of equal size dark blue cotton, possibly indigo-dyed yarn, are joined horizontally and vertically by mulitcolored randa. These randas form a cross at their intersection. Thin lines of white weft interrupt the blue background. Overall a heavy texture to this textile. Purchased and donated by Margot Schevill.