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Huipil, women's shirt, synthetic material, multicolored embroidered flowers around the neck
Huipil, women's shirt, synthetic material, multicolored embroidered flowers around the neck
Object Number 2013.24.75
Display Title Huipil, women's shirt, synthetic material, multicolored embroidered flowers around the neck
Descriptions
Object Description Huipil, commercial cloth, white cotton with narrow yellow vertical stripes, head hole cut out, hand embroidered in multicolored sedalina, spun silk, floral designs
Inventory Description Huipil, women's shirt, sides sewn, synthetic material, narrow stripes, multicolored flowers around the neck, button closure
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 , Nylon , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 77 × 80 cm (30 5/16 × 31 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.75
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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