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Wedding cloth--2 double widths. green and purple embroidery. 196 x 156 cm.
Wedding cloth--2 double widths. green and purple embroidery. 196 x 156 cm.
Object Number 970-24-20/23796
Display Title Wedding cloth--2 double widths. green and purple embroidery. 196 x 156 cm.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Material, white w/ red stripes, green, red, yellow and white embroidery, fringed
Classification
  • Fabric
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Quetzaltenango
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 196 x 156 cm (77 3/16 x 61 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 970-24-20/23796; Guat/Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango, B9:69:K

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