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Object Number 41-90-20/14278
Display Title Wedding huipil or woman's blouse - red, white, green, yellow striped cloth with
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Huipil
Object Description Wedding huipil or woman's blouse - red, white, green, yellow striped cloth with purple, yellow, white, green brocaded designs all over & purple, green, yellow & pink embroidered design around neck.
Inventory Description Shirt or huipil, red with multi-colored stripes, multi-colored embroidery
Classification
  • Shirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Solola
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 138 x 66 cm (54 5/16 x 26 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-90-20/14278; Guat/Solola, B9:72:F
Provenance
Collector Ruth Reeves (1934)
Donor Carnegie Institution of Washington (1941)

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