Corte

Museum number:
3-30010
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4464
Description:
Treadle-loomed, weft-faced plain weave; cut warps, one piece (un-sewn). 549 cm x 91.5 cm. Acrylic or wool: singles in black, yellow, orange. Cotton: singles in Jaspeado black/white and black/yellow; Acrylic or wool: two-ply in fuchsia, green, brown, gold, turquoise, yellow and purple. Bought at San Martin Jilotepeque market; woven by men on treadle looms in Salcaja, Quezaltenango. These cortes are worn by women all over the Highlands. Yellow and orange warp yarns at each selvage may be weaver's mark. This corte is part of a woman's complete traje for this town, and is an everyday corte.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Martin Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Linda Green
Collection date:
1990-1992
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1993-1994 #4: Blackhawk Museums (August 31, 1993–March 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Corte, accession number 3-30010, described as Treadle-loomed, weft-faced plain weave; cut warps, one piece (un-sewn). 549 cm x 91.5 cm. Acrylic or wool: singles in black, yellow, orange. Cotton: singles in Jaspeado black/white and black/yellow; Acrylic or wool: two-ply in fuchsia, green, brown, gold, turquoise, yellow and purple. Bought at San Martin Jilotepeque market; woven by men on treadle looms in Salcaja, Quezaltenango. These cortes are worn by women all over the Highlands. Yellow and orange warp yarns at each selvage may be weaver's mark. This corte is part of a woman's complete traje for this town, and is an everyday corte.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Corte, accession number 3-30010, described as Treadle-loomed, weft-faced plain weave; cut warps, one piece (un-sewn). 549 cm x 91.5 cm. Acrylic or wool: singles in black, yellow, orange. Cotton: singles in Jaspeado black/white and black/yellow; Acrylic or wool: two-ply in fuchsia, green, brown, gold, turquoise, yellow and purple. Bought at San Martin Jilotepeque market; woven by men on treadle looms in Salcaja, Quezaltenango. These cortes are worn by women all over the Highlands. Yellow and orange warp yarns at each selvage may be weaver's mark. This corte is part of a woman's complete traje for this town, and is an everyday corte.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corte, accession number 3-30010, described as Treadle-loomed, weft-faced plain weave; cut warps, one piece (un-sewn). 549 cm x 91.5 cm. Acrylic or wool: singles in black, yellow, orange. Cotton: singles in Jaspeado black/white and black/yellow; Acrylic or wool: two-ply in fuchsia, green, brown, gold, turquoise, yellow and purple. Bought at San Martin Jilotepeque market; woven by men on treadle looms in Salcaja, Quezaltenango. These cortes are worn by women all over the Highlands. Yellow and orange warp yarns at each selvage may be weaver's mark. This corte is part of a woman's complete traje for this town, and is an everyday corte.

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