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SkirtSa159

Skirt made with four pieces cotton fabric with selvedge edges joined by central embroidery to form a long rectangular shaped tube. The detailing consists of burgundy, red, blue, yellow, orange, green, purple and white embroidered strips on a navy and white pinstriped ground.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashSa158

Sash made of wool and cotton with a brown and white horizontal striped pattern and single-faced flower and leaf design overlaid on one half. The embroidered design is multi-coloured on reddish-purple ground. The fringed ends are multi-coloured wool.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UnderwearSa221

Under trousers constructed of off-white fabric with a square gusset of two pieces inserted at the crotch and a cotton cord drawstring closure. An embroidered red bird motif is repeated at the cuffs with a zigzag line of stitching along the bottom of each cuff.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtSa220

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.

Culture
Quiche
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlanketSa219

Blanket formed by a rectangular woven textile with a short fringe at each end and a pattern of evenly spaced white spots on a black ground.

Culture
Quiche
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketSa227

Jacket, pull-over, in dark brown wool. Small fringes border the bottom edges. The jacket has long sleeves, a pocket at the lower right, and a slit-front neck opening with a collar.

Culture
Quiche
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceSa166

Two equal length strands of glass beads and coins consisting of opaque small cylindrical red, orange, blue and clear beads; small and large, diamond shaped, transparent light yellow and green beads. Each strand contains coins; one with a 1901 half-real and a 1912 one-real, the other with three 1912 one-real coins. Twine holds the beads and joins the strands.

Culture
Quiche
Material
metal, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpindleSa169

Drop spindle with brown stained wooden shaft which gradually thickens from each end toward a clay whorl placed 3.5 cm from lower end. Spindle holds spun natural brown, short staple cotton with raw cotton ball attached.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, wood, clay and stain
Made in
Chajul, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpindleSa168

Drop spindle consisting of a brown stained wooden shaft tapered at one end, with clay whorl placed 5.5 cm from lower end. Holds spun white cotton with raw cotton ball attached.

Culture
Quiche
Material
clay, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Chajul, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtSa203

Sample of double-ikat resist-dyed woven cotton textile. The textile has both warp and weft patterning with a traditional pattern of black, blue, yellow, white and metallic gold stripes and an ikat design, mainly curvilinear, in bands of white.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Salcaja, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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