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Object Number 986-5-20/26173
Display Title Textile
Descriptions
Object Description Length of cloth (table runner?); yellow with brocade design of red, blue, black, white, green and purple human and animal figures. Stains: from purple? Mildew?
Inventory Description Woven textile, yellow multi-colored embroidered humans and animals.
Classification
  • Woven
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 182 x 50.8 cm (71 5/8 x 20 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26173
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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