white cotton overlaid with black cotton at waist; red, green, purple, gold, blue, magenta velvet 34cm from bottom of waist band. lower part of legs covered with green and pink fabric with silver threads. each leg decorated with appliqué trefoil in white, green, and salmon fabric outlined with silver tape with gold rick-rack multi-colored sequins, loop of gold braid; silver and white cord tassel at right side. silver fringe at bottom. mirror 5.5cm diameter at top. lower legs - set off by gold and silver braid with gold rick-rack and multi-colored sequins. silver and white fringe at bottom. waist ties, top center.
Donor:
David P. Hamilton
Collection place:
Santo Domingo Xenacoj, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
David P. Hamilton
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trousers
Accession date:
July 27, 2007
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 69 centimeters and width 45 centimeters
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)