Pants
Item number Sa171 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Sa171 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Trousers, knee-length, made of hand-woven off-white cotton with bands of multicoloured geometric forms and figures brocaded figures.
The trousers are used for everyday wear. The wide top is rolled into a twist above the belt so that the trouser legs reach only to the knee. Woven by a woman.
domestic
Woven on a back-strap loom incorporating brocade in a discontinuous supplementary weft.
Trousers said to be more than 50 years old in 1978.
Although purchased in Chajul, Quiche, they are typical of Santa Catarina Polopo.
Designs include Mayan fertility symbols, human (chacs) figures, crested birds, and the tree of life. Also included is an abstract form of the double-headed bird symbolic of good/evil.
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Trousers, knee-length, made of hand-woven off-white cotton with bands of multicoloured geometric forms and figures brocaded figures.
domestic
Woven on a back-strap loom incorporating brocade in a discontinuous supplementary weft.
Trousers said to be more than 50 years old in 1978.
Although purchased in Chajul, Quiche, they are typical of Santa Catarina Polopo.
The trousers are used for everyday wear. The wide top is rolled into a twist above the belt so that the trouser legs reach only to the knee. Woven by a woman.
Designs include Mayan fertility symbols, human (chacs) figures, crested birds, and the tree of life. Also included is an abstract form of the double-headed bird symbolic of good/evil.
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