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Textile
Object Number 986-5-20/26196
Display Title Textile
Descriptions
Object Description Length of cloth, 1 breadth; red ground with weft line design of indigo and white threads; lines are either solid or in an ikat pattern; warp lines are also white and indigo, but without ikat; pattern is roughly checkerboard style; ikat lines tend to be bunched together; on the edges there is a dark blue pattern running warp-wise on border; no brocade; no embroidery; stains
Inventory Description Woven textile, red with black and white linear design.
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Solola / <County> / Santiago Atitlan
Materials Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 427.6 x 88.9 x 0.1 cm (168 3/8 x 35 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26196
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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