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Object Number 986-5-20/26187
Display Title Skirt
Descriptions
Object Description Skirt; dark blue ground with white warp pinstripes; embroidered at seams in purple, orange, yellow, turquoise and white shiny thread; small white spots
Inventory Description Woven cotton skirt, black and white stripe with multi-colored embroidered trim.
Classification
  • Skirt
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 94.1 x 45.4 x 0.3 cm (37 1/16 x 17 7/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26187
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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