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Object Number 986-5-20/26176
Display Title Huipil
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Huipil
Object Description Woman's huipil; 3 widths (each side), the widths sewn together with a very visible dark blue thread; medium long - medium wide category; natural brown cotton ground; no warp or weft line designs; red, orange, purple, yellow, turquoise single-face brocade on upper half of garment in designs of symbols and zoomorphs; appliqued black synthetic material (solar circles and rays) with orange and violet chainstitch embroidery; brocade on neck width is longer and denser; similar to 986-5-20/26177
Inventory Description Woven shirt, brown with multi-colored embroidered designs.
Classification
  • Shirt
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940 ca.
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Dimensions Overall: 70 x 96 x 1.2 cm (27 9/16 x 37 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26176
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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