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Object Number
986-5-20/26181
Display Title
Man's shirt
Descriptions
Object Description
Man's pull-over shirt; a tourist piece, "style for westerner"; red cotton indigenous cloth ground; no warp or weft line floats; brocade is all geometric motifs (chevrons) close together, in white, yellow, violet, blue; zig-zag design on upper torso and sleeves; attached (factory-made) blue velveteen collar, placket (with 2 buttonholes) and cuffs with floral embroidery in shiny threads of yellow, white, green, pink, crimson; the shirt is in 4 dimensions and has an inner lining
Inventory Description
Shirt, long, velor trim with linear and floral embroidery.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Shirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Quetzaltenango
/
<County>
/
Almolonga
Additional Geographic Terms
Lake Atitlan region
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Velvet
Dimensions
Overall: 88.9 x 165.7 x 2.2 cm (35 x 65 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26181
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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