Pants Item Number: Sa209 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Pants made of off-white fabric with vertical red pinstripes, a square piece of material sewn in at the crotch, and a drawstring at the top. A multicoloured diamond design is brocaded at the cuffs.
History Of Use
Worn by men
Specific Techniques
Woven by a woman on a back strap loom. Brocaded design is single-faced discontinuous supplementary weft.
Pants woven in warp-faced plain weave with warp stripes (red pinstripes). Two-faced supplementary weft patterning (pattern is reversed on the back face of the cloth) on lower portion of pant legs. Warp is pair of singles; weft is three singles. Supplementary weft is four 2-ply over 2 to 7 warps. Pants assembled with hand-stitching with hand-stitched hems. 2 ply rope with Z twist for drawstring.
Item History
- Made in San Martin Sacatepequez, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala before 1976
- Collected by Inge Ruus 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
- Pants
- Identification Number
- Sa209
- Type of Item
- pant
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, woven, hand stitched and wrapped
- Overall
- height 78.0 cm, width 66.0 cm
Who
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- San Martin Sacatepequez, Quetzaltenango, 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
- 0404/0029