Treadle-loomed, warp predominant plain weave and twill weaves, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back by machine stitching, ends cut and machine hemmed.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Zunil, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Zunil, Quezaltenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Tape affixed with "$20" written on it; jaspe found in small isolated portions of skirt and blocked off by twill weave; large sections of brocading are also blocked off by twill weave and imitate the design. made in Totonicapan for use in Zunill (Miralbe's de Polanco). Sill in use in 1992 (Schevill).