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Accession Number 1975.2.136 Title pants Category Clothing, Outerwear Object Type pants Date Made 1975 Place Made North America: Guatemala, Todos Santos Cuchumatán Culture Native Middle American Cultural Region Native Middle American Gender and Age men Materials and Techniques cotton; acrylic; handwoven, plain; handwoven, weft rep; handwoven, brocade; handsewn; striped; embroidered Measurements LL 104.0; WA 77.0; INL 70.0 cm Description

Pants made of hand-woven warp-faced cotton fabric; red and white striped warp with orange and black pinstripes. Legs are decorated with discontinuous supplementary wefts forming bands of geometric motifs such as…

Pants made of hand-woven warp-faced cotton fabric; red and white striped warp with orange and black pinstripes. Legs are decorated with discontinuous supplementary wefts forming bands of geometric motifs such as zig-zags, diamonds in checks in red and various other colours.

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