Skirt

Museum number:
3-29817
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, one piece, joined by machine stitching, warps cut and hemmed together, an additional piece added to bottom.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1920-1930
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Skirt, accession number 3-29817, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, one piece, joined by machine stitching, warps cut and hemmed together, an additional piece added to bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Skirt, accession number 3-29817, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, one piece, joined by machine stitching, warps cut and hemmed together, an additional piece added to bottom.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Skirt, accession number 3-29817, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, one piece, joined by machine stitching, warps cut and hemmed together, an additional piece added to bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-29817, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, one piece, joined by machine stitching, warps cut and hemmed together, an additional piece added to bottom.

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