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Object Number
2013.24.115
Display Title
Skirt, women's full skirt, gathered at waist, added waist band, stripes of purple, blue, light green, yellow and dark blue and white ikat
Descriptions
Object Description
Skirt, floor loomed, multicolored cotton, spun silk or rayon, dark blue and white ikat, very full, gathered.
Inventory Description
Skirt, women's full skirt, cotton and silk or rayon, gathered at waist, added waist band, stripes of purple, blue, light green, yellow, and dark blue and white ikat
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
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Totonicapan
/
<County>
/
San Cristobal Totonicapan
Materials
Dye , Cotton , Rayon? , Silk?
Dimensions
Overall: 90 × 220 cm (35 7/16 × 86 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.115
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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