Sash
1875-1890 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Man's sash of blue, red and white cotton forming a striped warp with blue cotton weft.
There is no additional strengthening at the selvedges, but the final pair of warp threads on either side have been grouped together. Once cut from the loom, the warp threads have been twisted and knotted to form a fringe.
There is no additional strengthening at the selvedges, but the final pair of warp threads on either side have been grouped together. Once cut from the loom, the warp threads have been twisted and knotted to form a fringe.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Warp-faced plain weave cotton |
| Brief description | Woven cotton; Guatemala; 1875-1890 |
| Physical description | 1931 Description: Sash, woven with narrow stripes of red, edged with a thread of white, on a dark blue ground. At either end is a short fringe of twisted threads. 1975 Description: Man's sash-belt. There are many variations of men's striped sashes from many different villages. Basket weave (both cotton warp and cotton weft are paired). The warps are set close together, therefore forming a warp-faced fabric. The weft is blue. Technical Details (1995) Warp: (i) blue cotton; Z-spun, unplied, paired threads. (ii) red cotton; Z-spun, unplied, paired threads. (iii) white cotton; Z-spun, unplied, paired threads. Weft: blue cotton; Z-spun, unplied, paired threads. There is no additional strengthening along the selvedges, simply paired warp threads and no additional strengtheneing at the lower and upper edges, just paired weft threads. Fringe: twisted warp threads, knotted at the lower end. |
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| Gallery label | Man's sash of blue, red and white cotton forming a striped warp with blue cotton weft.
There is no additional strengthening at the selvedges, but the final pair of warp threads on either side have been grouped together. Once cut from the loom, the warp threads have been twisted and knotted to form a fringe. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Alfred Percival Maudslay |
| Object history | Registered File no. 2743/1931. |
| Production | Dr Rosario de Polanco, Directora Technica of the Museo Ixchel de Traje Indigena, Guatemala City (personal communication September 1989): 'Woman's sash from Santa Caterina Barahona, Sacatepequez. The blue is indigo and red is Palo de Bresil.' Ann P Rowe, Curator of Western Hemisphere Textiles, The Textile Museum, Washington DC (personal communication 1997): 'Santa Caterina Barahona is immediately adjacent to San Antonia Aguas Calientes. I would think that either community would be a possible source at that period.' |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Man's sash of blue, red and white cotton forming a striped warp with blue cotton weft. There is no additional strengthening at the selvedges, but the final pair of warp threads on either side have been grouped together. Once cut from the loom, the warp threads have been twisted and knotted to form a fringe. |
| Bibliographic reference | A Glimpse at Guatemala, and some notes on the Ancient Monuments of Central America by Alfred Maudslay (London, 1899) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.29-1931 |
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| Record created | July 28, 2000 |
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