Shirt Item Number: Sa220 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Shirt made of red cotton with vertical multicoloured patterned bands in yellow, green, orange, blue, black and white. A slit opening at the neck is finished with a collar brocaded with designs formed by multicoloured diamond shapes. The left breast pocket and sleeve cuffs are also brocaded with multicoloured diamond motif patterns.
History Of Use
Worn by men.
Cultural Context
domestic
Specific Techniques
Woven warp-faced plain weave with warp stripes, continuous supplementary single-faced weft pattern on collar, pocket and cuffs (Lambert). Handstitched at shoulder seam with yellow cotton thread. Warp: 2 singles (z-plied); weft: 2 singles. Supplementary weft-patterning against a warp-faced weave on the collar, pocket and sleeve ends. Supplementary weft: four 2-ply (z-twist) threads over approximately 2-14 warps. Probably woven on a treadle loom. Garment has been assembled with machine sewing. Collar edge embroidered in a blanket stitch.
Item History
What
- Name
- Shirt
- Identification Number
- Sa220
- Type of Item
- shirt
- Material
- dye and cotton fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, woven, embroidered and sewn
- Overall
- height 89.0 cm, width 160.0 cm, depth 5.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quiche
- Field Collector
- Inge Ruus
- Previous Owner
- Inge Ruus
- Received from
- Inge Ruus (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
When
- Creation Date
- before 1976
- Collection Date
- during 1976
- Ownership Date
- before August 5, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on August 5, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0404/0017