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Object Number
2013.24.165
Display Title
Shirt, child's, green with orange, pink, purple, red stripes, fringed hem, brocade chevron pattern on sleeves
Descriptions
Object Description
Child's shirt, three pieces, handsewn together, warps cut, create fringes, back strap loomed or floor loomed, multicolored cotton vertical stripes, sleeves set in with multicolored cotton single faced supplementary weft brocading, neck cut out and handsewn
Inventory Description
Shirt, child's, green with orange, pink, purple, red stripes, fringed hem, brocade chevron pattern on sleeves
Classification
- Shirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
/
Chimaltenango
/
<County>
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San Martin Jilotepeque
Materials
Cotton , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 47 × 77 cm (18 1/2 × 30 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.165
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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