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Object Number
986-5-20/26209
Display Title
Wedding huipil
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Huipil? Huipil de Cabeza?
Object Description
Elaborately embroidered wedding huipil(?) with quetzal bird and deer motifs; may be over-shirt over-head huipil (huipil de Cabeza)
Inventory Description
Woven textile, blue with red and purple bird and animal embroidery.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Woven
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930 ca.
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Central America / Guatemala / Guatemala / <County> / San Raymundo
Central America / Guatemala / Sacatepequez / <County> / Santa Maria de Jesus
Central America / Guatemala / Guatemala / <County> / San Raymundo
Central America / Guatemala / Sacatepequez / <County> / Santa Maria de Jesus
Materials
Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 111.5 x 99 x 0.1 cm (43 7/8 x 39 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26209
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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