Corte

Museum number:
3-29969
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029969
Accession number:
Acc.4579
Description:
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.
Donor:
Margot Blum Schevill
Collection place:
Nahuala, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola; Nahuala, Guatemala
Collector:
Margot Blum Schevill
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 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.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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