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Object Number
2013.24.77
Display Title
Huipil or blouse, girl's shirt, white with floral designs in pastel shades of pink, purple, and yellow around neck
Descriptions
Object Description
Girl's huipil or blouse, white commercial cloth, two pieces made into a blouse, square neck embroidered with silk, floral designs, binding at sleeves
Inventory Description
Huipil or blouse, girl's shirt, white commerical cloth with embroidered silk floral designs in pastal shades of purple, pink, and yellow, constructed sleaves rather than arm holes making it a non-traditional huipil shape
Classification
- Huipil
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Totonicapan
/
<County>
/
San Cristobal Totonicapan
Materials
Cotton , Silk , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 50 × 71 cm (19 11/16 × 27 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013,.24.77
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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