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Object Number
986-5-20/26214
Display Title
Woman's shirt
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's shirt; stained white nylon body with crocheted cotton short sleeves; gauze-weave yoke attached front and back with synthetic red and white looped edging; yoke is decorated with cross-stitch floral pattern in dark purple, purple, dark green, green, dark pink, pink, red, orange, yellow, dark blue, blue, black; no collar, just neck decoration in a square arrangement; two widths one half as wide as the third - probably the back of the garment; hole in nylon patched with white cotton square
Inventory Description
Shirt, white nylon with lace sleeves, cotton embroidered neck, floral design.
Classification
- Shirt
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Alta Verapaz
/
<County>
/
Coban
Materials
Nylon, Cotton, Pigment, Synthetic
Dimensions
Overall: 52 x 63.5 x 0.8 cm (20 1/2 x 25 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26214
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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