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Object Number 986-5-20/26248A
Display Title Man's shirt
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Traje
Object Description Man's shirt; body of white, red, green, orange, and ikat warp stripes; sleeves of red, green, pink, purple, turquoise, and ikat warp stripes; applied collar and cuffs with a small amount of embroidery; tiny amount of brocade on shirt may be maker's mark; part of an outfit (traje) with pants 986-5-20/26248b
Inventory Description Woven shirt, white w/ multi-colored stripes, collar and sleeves red w/ stripes.
Classification
  • Shirt
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Solola / <County> / San Antonio Palopo
Dimensions Overall: 78.2 x 156 x 0.6 cm (30 13/16 x 61 7/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26248a
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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