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Object Number
2013.24.154
Display Title
Skirt, women's skirt fabric, indigo with white stripes crossing each other creating a checkered appearance
Descriptions
Object Description
Skirt fabric, floor loomed, one piece, warps cut and hemmed, indigo and white warp and weft stripes, create a checkered effect, worn wrapped around the body
Inventory Description
Skirt, women's skirt fabric, single piece, indigo cotton with white stripes crossing each other creating a checkered appearance, two ends hemmed
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Quetzaltenango
/
<County>
/
Salcaja
Central America / Guatemala / Guatemala / <County> / San Pedro Sacatepequez
Central America / Guatemala / Quetzaltenango / <County> / <City> / Totonicapan
Central America / Guatemala / Guatemala / <County> / San Pedro Sacatepequez
Central America / Guatemala / Quetzaltenango / <County> / <City> / Totonicapan
Materials
Dye , Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 90 × 375 cm (35 7/16 × 147 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.154
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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