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Object Number
2013.24.182
Display Title
Huipil
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceremonial huipil, back strap loomed, loom finished selvages, two pieces joined by a multicolored silk randa, white cotton with red and lavender warp stripes in center, head hole cut out, embroidered with multicolored silk, multicolored red (alizarin) cotton and multicolored silk two faced supplementary weft brocading, animal and geometric images.
Inventory Description
Huipil, natural cotton, pink and purple brocade pattern on shoulders, central band, brocade birds on upper body
Classification
- Huipil
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
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Sacatepequez
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<County>
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Santo Domingo Xenacoj
Materials
Cotton , Silk , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 57 × 100 cm (22 7/16 × 39 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.182
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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