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Object Number
2013.24.29
Display Title
Huipil (ceremonial), women's shirt, three panels, white with red geometric designs in rectangles on front, back, and shoulders, black taffeta triangles around neck and circles on shoulders
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceremonial huipil, three pieces, hand sewn together with black stitching, backstrap loomed, selvages loom finished, white cotton for ceremonial use, head hole cut out, decorated with black taffeta medallions (shoulders) and triangular pieces of black taffeta (neck), red cotton and multicolored silk two faced supplementary weft brocading, geometric designs, decorative squares on front, back and shoulders
Inventory Description
Huipil (ceremonial), women's shirt, three panels sewn together with black stitching, white cotton with red cotton and multicolored silk two faced supplementary weft brocade designs of geometrics in rectangles on front, back, and shoulders, black taffeta triangles around neck and circles on shoulders
Classification
- Huipil
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Chichicastenango
Materials
Dye , Cotton , Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 80 × 95 cm (31 1/2 × 37 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.29; 32
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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