Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain and twill weaves, single-faced supp. weft brocading, one piece, warps cut, turned over, hand-hemmed.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1970s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Twill weave, an unusual feature; also has a fringe on all four sides that appears to be commercially manufactured hand-stitched to main piece; a central band if geometric designs in white is surrounded by supp. weft brocaded bands of multicolored silk floss in zigzag and geometric designs followed by a band of diamond-shaped designs.