Authentic Guatemala Maya Skirt Corte Textile Material Ikat Corte #1 FREE SHIP

Description

Woman's size very fine double ikat fabric measuring 35 inches wide and 112 inches long.
Most of the skirts or cortes used by the Maya women of Guatemala are made on treadle looms in the large textile-producing villages of the western highlands of southern Guatemala. Certain designs are village-specific, but it is now more common for the woman to choose a skirt fabric which suits her personal aesthetic. Some skirts are also made in the particular village for use in that village. As used, the two ends of long panels 35-50 inches wide are seamed together to form a tube. The woman steps inside this tube and folds the material in a complicated manner to form the skirt. This results in a fairly thick and heavy garment.
This skirt is a single panel of finely woven material featuring both warp and weft ikat or jaspe designs. The sides of the cloth are very nicely selvage-finished, and the ends have been cut but not seamed together to form the tube. Overall size is 35 inches wide and 112 inches long. The weave is very fine weft-faced plain weave with simple but very fine ikat figures. This material appears to be 100% cotton, of a somewhat somber dark green and black color.
Condition: excellent, lightly used, the selvage edge shows a few loose threads. This fabric somewhat stiff and crisp and had been stored by the previous owner for a number of years. It is a very nice textile.
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