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Object Number
2013.24.100
Display Title
Rebozo, woman's shawl, one piece, indigo cotton with white ikat human, floral, and geometric images, tasseled ends
Descriptions
Object Description
Rebozo or perraje or woman's shawl, long, one piece, backstrap loomed, warps cut and macramed, tassels added, create fringes on both ends, dark blue (indigo) cotton, white ikat images, large images, human, floral, geometric images.
Inventory Description
Rebozo, women's shawl, it is one piece with the ends macramed and tasseled, indigo cotton with large white ikat floral, human, and geometric designs
Classification
- Shawl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Suchitepequez
/
<County>
/
Mazatenango
Materials
Cotton , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 72 × 208 cm (28 3/8 × 81 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.100; 99
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and
Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these Guatemalan textiles
Provenance
Collector
Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector
Carroll William Dodge
Donor
Donated by
Mary Dodge Cobb
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