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Object Number 986-5-20/26206
Display Title Textile
Descriptions
Object Description Length of cloth; blue with orange weft and warp stripes; single-face brocade animal and human motifs. Used as table runner? Made for tourist trade.
Inventory Description Woven textile, blue with yellow stripes and embroidered figures, multi-colored.
Classification
  • Woven
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Totonicapan / <County> / San Miguel Totonicapan
Dimensions Overall: 390.2 x 65.2 x 0.1 cm (153 5/8 x 25 11/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26206
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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