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Object Number
986-5-20/26197
Display Title
Huipil
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Huipil
Object Description
Huipil; 2 breadths; white ground with warp lines in orange and purple; weft lines in red are very subdued and hidden, almost look like floats; no brocade; applique (silk?) and embroidery reminiscent of solar circle and rays at neck, though figures small and crude; embroidered birds and geometrics in orange, lime-green and purple shiny thread; some geometric figures arranged in stripe creating continuous zigzag shape; badly stained
Inventory Description
Dress, woven cotton w. orange and purple stripes with embriodered neck.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Dress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Solola
/
<County>
/
Santiago Atitlan
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Silk?
Dimensions
Overall: 76.5 x 66.2 x 0.4 cm (30 1/8 x 26 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26197
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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