Pants Item Number: Sa171 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Trousers, knee-length, made of hand-woven off-white cotton with bands of multicoloured geometric forms and figures brocaded figures.
History Of Use
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.
Cultural Context
domestic
Specific Techniques
Woven on a back-strap loom incorporating brocade in a discontinuous supplementary weft.
Narrative
Trousers said to be more than 50 years old in 1978.
Although purchased in Chajul, Quiche, they are typical of Santa Catarina Polopo.
Iconographic Meaning
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.
Item History
- Made in Santa Catarina Palopo, Solola, Guatemala before 1930
- Owned by Barry Leblanc before June 28, 1978
- Received from Barry Leblanc (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on June 28, 1978
What
- Name
- Pants
- Identification Number
- Sa171
- Type of Item
- pant
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, woven and hand stitched
- Overall
- height 86.0 cm, width 73.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Cakchiquel
- Previous Owner
- Barry Leblanc
- Received from
- Barry Leblanc (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Santa Catarina Palopo, Solola, Guatemala
When
- Creation Date
- before 1930
- Ownership Date
- before June 28, 1978
- Acquisition Date
- on June 28, 1978
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0464/0002