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Object Number 986-5-20/26262
Display Title Textile
Descriptions
Object Description Length of cloth; 1 dimension; white ground, no warp or weft lines; woven in gauze style; brocade is onlay; free-standing human, animal and geometric figures in red. This piece is very long, but the variety of motives is very limited. The human figure stripes are all exactly the same. The animal form is a rabbit, and that is the only form. The stripe pattern of the brocade is repetitive and consistent. The human figures are females holding hands and the rabbits form pairs of opposed to each other. The geometric figures are in box form and come in between the animal and human stripes. Small stains
Inventory Description Woven cloth textile, white with red geometric design and human, animal figures.
Classification
  • Woven
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Alta Verapaz / <County> / Coban
Dimensions Overall: 46 x 35.5 x 1.6 cm (18 1/8 x 14 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26262
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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