Context (Auction / Sale)
Produced for sale to tourists and in international craft markets, non-indigenous Guatemalan fashion designer marketing picb'il textiles at the International Folk Arts Market in Santa Fe New Mexico. Pattern and style introduced by non-indigenous local marketer based on traditional patterns.

Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Context (Field collection)
Purchased by Callie Vandewiele during her PhD field research as part of a Crowther-Beynon Grant. Purchased from weaving cooperative in Santa Maria Chirripur. No other owners

Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Description (Physical description)
Hand-woven white cotton shawl with fringe. six white bands of 'pacaya' leaf patterns inlaid and spaced approximately between 200mm and 250mm apart down length. Weave, weft and inlaid design produced entirely using number 22 white cotton thread produced in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6032 | Freezing
Event Date 2/10/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan

Description (Physical description)
Chamisa. Long rectangular scarf or shawl made from hand-woven white cotton with netted fringe at the ends; six white bands of 'pacaya' leaf patterns inlaid. Weave, weft and inlaid design produced entirely using number 22 white cotton thread produced in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Event Date 16/9/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc