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Object Number 986-5-20/26178
Display Title Huipil
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Huipil
Object Description Huipil; two widths (both sides), sewn together with barely visible blue thread; bottom selvaged with green thread; medium width - short length category; red ground; warp line design in columns of three colors: white, dark blue, beige; no weft design; double-sided brocade in blue, yellow, green, white, purple; designs are circular around the neck hole in zigzag or floral pattern: 6 outer rings of zigzags, one ring of flowers, 6 more rings of zigzags; 3 rings of zigzag pattern around armholes; back and front identical
Inventory Description Tunic shirt, woven red and white striped, muliti-colored heavy embroidery.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Shirt
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Joyabaj
Central America / Guatemala / Baja Verapaz / <County> / Cubulco
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Zacualpa
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 87 x 0.2 cm (17 5/16 x 34 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26178
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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