Jacket Item Number: Sa204 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Jacket made of coarse black wool with blue zigzag embroidery on the shoulders, cuffs and edges. The jacket also has a multicoloured floral design emerging from the side seams on the back. The back bottom edge has a silk fringe in maroon interspersed with yellow, red and green.
History Of Use
This jacket is worn as part of a costume representing wealth and power. The material was woven from natural black wool on a floor loom by men of the municipality; costume tailored and embroidered by hand by others skilled in this trade.
Iconographic Meaning
Blue zigzag on shoulders and cuffs shows wearer traditionally as Aj Kij, an astronomer or astrologist (Pettersen).
Cultural Context
worn by men
Item History
- Made in Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala before 1976
- Collected during 1976
- Owned by Inge Ruus before August 5, 1977
- Received from Inge Ruus (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on August 5, 1977
What
- Name
- Jacket
- Identification Number
- Sa204
- Type of Item
- jacket
- Material
- silk fibre, wool fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and embroidered
- Overall
- height 56.0 cm, width 134.7 cm, depth 2.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quiche
- 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
- Chichicastenango, Quiche, 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0404/0001 a