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Fibers used in Guatemalan textiles, including unspun natural brown and white cotton, spun cotton, spun silk; various colors including murex purple
Image Not Available for Fibers used in Guatemalan textiles, including unspun natural brown and white cotton, spun cotton, spun silk; various colors including murex purple
Object Number 2013.24.229
Display Title Fibers used in Guatemalan textiles, including unspun natural brown and white cotton, spun cotton, spun silk; various colors including murex purple
Descriptions
Classification
  • Cotton
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Quantity 1
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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