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Object Number
986-5-20/26193
Display Title
Textile
Descriptions
Object Description
Length of cloth, 3 breadths; white ground; no warp or weft lines; brocade is onlay of free-standing figures: plant, animal and geometric in white; the figures run the width of the whole breadth, but are not synchronized or aligned in terms of their patterns; gauze weave; certain portions are more transparent than others; the less gauze portions being those with motives; three pieces joined; brown stains in lower right-hand corner
Inventory Description
Woven textile, white gauze with various types of embroidered figures.
Classification
- Woven
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Alta Verapaz
/
<County>
/
Coban
Materials
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 94.7 x 90.5 x 0.1 cm (37 5/16 x 35 5/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26193
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 986-5-20/26262 | Textile |
Woven
Raw Material |
Coban
| |
| 986-5-20/26198 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Woven
Raw Material |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26251 | Textile |
Woven
Raw Material |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26197 | Huipil |
Raw Material
Dress |
Santiago Atitlan
| |
| 986-5-20/26199 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Woven
|
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26195 | Textile |
Woven
|
Panajachel
| |
| 986-5-20/26200 | Textile, huipil length |
Woven
Raw Material |
San Pedro Sacatepequez
| |
| 986-5-20/26165 | Huipil, short |
Shirt
Raw Material |
Tactic
Coban | |
| 42-12-30/3284 | Organic, strip of woven tapestry, red, gold, and brown |
Fabric
|
Ica Region
| |
| 979-14-30/10149 | Band, bargello |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 48-37-30/7185 | Textile, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
| |
| 986-5-20/26196 | Textile |
Woven
|
Santiago Atitlan
|