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Object Number 986-5-20/26207
Display Title Textile, huipil length
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Lienzos de huipil
Object Description Cloth, huipil length, of natural cotton; weft stripes, ikat, single-face brocade animal and human motifs
Inventory Description Woven textile, long, thin, white with multi-colored embroidered bands.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Totonicapan / <County> / Totonicapan
Dimensions Overall: 432.8 x 43.8 x 0.2 cm (170 3/8 x 17 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26207
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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