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Huipil, woman's shirt, dark green with pink bands at edges, gold, magenta, purple, blue and white geometric designs
Huipil, woman's shirt, dark green with pink bands at edges, gold, magenta, purple, blue and white geometric designs
Object Number 2013.24.105
Display Title Huipil, woman's shirt, dark green with pink bands at edges, gold, magenta, purple, blue and white geometric designs
Descriptions
Object Description Huipil, two pieces, handsewn together, back strap loomed, loom finished selvages, slit neck opening where pieces are not sewn together, binding where arm holes would be, dark green, multicolored silk, rayon, cotton single faced supplementary weft brocading, geometric designs, very intense brocading.
Inventory Description Huipil, two pieces sewn together, head hole present, but sides not stitched, pink silk taffeta bands at edges, supplementary weft brocading of silk, rayon, and cotton geometrics and dots in gold, magenta, purple, blue, and white 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
Materials Cotton , Dye , Silk , Rayon
Dimensions Overall: 81 × 108 cm (31 7/8 × 42 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.105
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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