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Object Number
2013.24.161
Display Title
Huipil, woven cotton, red and white plaid, brocade multi-colored human and animal figures, fringed ends
Descriptions
Object Description
Huipil, three pieces, backstrap loomed, some loom finished selvages, no head hole, red and white striped cotton, multicolored cotton single faced supplementary weft brocading, animal, human, geometric images
Inventory Description
Huipil, woven cotton, red and white plaid, brocade multi-colored human and animal figures, fringed ends
Classification
- Huipil
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Solola
/
<County>
/
Santa Catarina Palopo
Materials
Cotton , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 79 × 144 cm (31 1/8 × 56 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.161; 52
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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