Treadle-loomed, warp predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, one piece, two ends loom-finished, two ends cut and hand-hemmed, fringe added to two ends.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Quezaltenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1940s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Native name and meaning: CONTEXT OF USE: CONSERVATION: