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Object Number
2013.24.183
Display Title
Tablecloth or bedspread
Descriptions
Object Description
Table cloth, two pieces joined with a white silk randa, floor loomed, white cotton with multicolored supplementary weft brocading, two faced technique, typical designs
Inventory Description
Textile, woven, natural cotton, bands of blue, orange, red zigzag pattern, central yellow and blue diamond pattern, bands of multicolored blocks of deer figures, birds, two panels sewn together
Classification
- Table cloth
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
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<County>
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San Pedro Sacatepequez
Materials
Cotton , Silk , Dye
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.183; 72
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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