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Object Number
986-5-20/26251
Display Title
Textile
Descriptions
Object Description
Length of cloth; vibrant yellow ground; no warplines; 1 float line near edge, olive color; 15 single-sided free-standing motives, brocade (birds, tri-peds, humans), in red, blue, green, pink, purple, gray, white; 5 rows of motives running: birds, quadrupeds, humans, quadrupeds, birds; birds could be roosters or chickens; tri-peds could be crickets or other insect; humans are stylized with arms disproportionately long; skirts very wide and triangular with diamond-shaped decoration; legs truncated and stumpy, and neck very, very long. The material is worn with stains near top, running along the weft line; the purple color appears to have run; near weft line material is loosening and stretching so as to expose individual threads of the cloth.
Inventory Description
Woven cotton textile, embroidered birds, humans, animals, multicolored.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Woven
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca.?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Materials
Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 68 x 48 x 0.1 cm (26 3/4 x 18 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26251
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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