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Huipil, woman's shirt, dark green with pink bands and medallions at neck and edges, pink, purple, blue and light green geometric designs
Huipil, woman's shirt, dark green with pink bands and medallions at neck and edges, pink, purple, blue and light green geometric designs
Object Number 2013.24.106
Display Title Huipil, woman's shirt, dark green with pink bands and medallions at neck and edges, pink, purple, blue and light green geometric designs
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial huipil, two pieces, handsewn together and also with pink silk taffeta medallions and binding at the neck area, dark green, multicolored silk, rayon, and cotton single faced supplementary weft brocading, geometric designs.
Inventory Description Huipil, two pieces sewn together, head hole present, but sides not stitched, pink silk taffeta medallions and bands at the neck and edges, supplementary weft brocading of silk, rayon, and cotton geometrics in pink, purple, blue, and light green cover the rest of the piece
Classification
  • Huipil
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Chimaltenango / <County> / San Martin Jilotepeque
Dimensions Overall: 78 × 107 cm (30 11/16 × 42 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.106; 101
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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