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Skirt, women's skirt fabric, indigo with white stripes crossing each other creating a checkered appearance
Skirt, women's skirt fabric, indigo with white stripes crossing each other creating a checkered appearance
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
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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