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Object Number
2013.24.61
Display Title
Half huipil, one piece, white with purple birds, trees, and diamonds and small bands of dark pink geometric designs at edges
Descriptions
Object Description
A and B, two pieces, halves of a huipil, white cotton, floor loomed, two faced purple and red cotton supplementary weft brocaded, foliage, birds, "eyes of Our Lord" (Dodge quote), one half [B] badly faded, probably synthetic dye
Inventory Description
Huipil, half, one piece, white cotton with purple cotton two faced supplementary weft brocade of birds, diamonds, and trees and small bands of dark pink geometric designs at edges
Classification
- Shirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
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San Marcos
/
<County>
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San Pedro Sacatepequez
Materials
Dye , Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 46 × 158 cm (18 1/8 × 62 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.61; 74
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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