Tela de cofradía

Museum number:
3-29756
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT XX (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
backstrap-loomed, plain weave,two-faced supp. weft brocading, 1 piece, cut and twisted warps at both ends create two 3" fringes.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Native name and meaning: CONTEXT OF USE: CONSERVATION:
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tela de cofradía, accession number 3-29756, described as backstrap-loomed, plain weave,two-faced supp. weft brocading, 1 piece, cut and twisted warps at both ends create two 3" fringes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tela de cofradía, accession number 3-29756, described as backstrap-loomed, plain weave,two-faced supp. weft brocading, 1 piece, cut and twisted warps at both ends create two 3" fringes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tela de cofradía, accession number 3-29756, described as backstrap-loomed, plain weave,two-faced supp. weft brocading, 1 piece, cut and twisted warps at both ends create two 3" fringes.

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