Textile, Bolt Of Skirt Material
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Jan 1942
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Eleanor Y. Bell
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Eleanor Y. Bell
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Used for woman's skirt. Woven on native loom. Cotton with multiple horizontal and vertical stripes. Unusual design effect made by tie-dyeing both warp and filler (wool) (double [i]kat). Nov. 1978 - Prob. woven Huehuetenango. Commercial length of type woven by men on floor looms. Intermittent pattern due to use of "jaspe" ikat or tie-dye) threads in both warp and weft directions (double ikat). Additional patterning includes use of yellow and dk. blue threads plied together for multicolor effect. Floor-loom lengths from several major weaving centers (Huehuetenango, Totonicapan, Mazatenango, Salcaja, et al.) have been used for skirts throughout the Highlands since late 19th century. - Cherri Pancake."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San Antonio / San Juan, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cakchikel (Kaqchikel) Maya (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 162175
label: USNM Number
content: E382145-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Textile