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Huipil half, woman's shirt, dark blue multicolored bands and geometrics in magenta, purple, white, orange, blue, and brown
Huipil half, woman's shirt, dark blue multicolored bands and geometrics in magenta, purple, white, orange, blue, and brown
Object Number 2013.24.107.1
Display Title Huipil half, woman's shirt, dark blue multicolored bands and geometrics in magenta, purple, white, orange, blue, and brown
Descriptions
Object Description Half of huipil, had been hand sewn together in a few places, back strap loomed, loom finished selvages, dark blue, multicolored silk, rayon, cotton single faced supplementary weft brocading, geometric designs
Inventory Description Huipil half, one piece, supplementary weft brocading with silk, rayon, and cotton in bands and geometrics of orange, magenta, purple, light blue, gray blue, white, and brown, with red bands at either end, Supplementary weft brocading has been lost in some areas
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: 38 × 113 cm (14 15/16 × 44 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.107.1
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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