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Object Number 986-5-20/26172
Display Title Man's apron
Descriptions
Object Description Man's wool apron; twill weave; brown ground with white warp and weft lines; the brown fringes are double the size of the the white ones, almost like two fringes entwined
Inventory Description Woven wool textile, brown and white plaid, fringed.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Chimaltenango / <County> / Tecpan
Materials Wool, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 140.3 x 64 x 0.4 cm (55 1/4 x 25 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26172
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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