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Object Number
2013.24.4
Display Title
Huipil, women's shirt, two panels, head hole cut, white with lavender and red zoomorphic and geometric designs
Descriptions
Object Description
Huipil, backstrap loomed, selvages loom finished, head hole cut out, embroidered with silk, white cotton, predominantly purple and red two faced supplementary weft brocading, animal images, purple dye has faded in area across the shoulders
Inventory Description
Huipil, women's shirt, two panels joined with a cotton randa, head hole cut and sides not sewn, white cotton with purple and red cotton single faced and two faced supplementary weft brocade of zoomorphic and geometric designs, multicolored silk embroidery around neck
Classification
- Huipil
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
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Guatemala
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<County>
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San Pedro Sacatepequez
Materials
Dye , Cotton , Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 128 × 128 cm (50 3/8 × 50 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.4
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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