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Object Number
2013.24.188
Display Title
Table cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Table cloth woven in the style of a tzut, very large, two pieces handsewn together, back strap loomed, warps cut, macramed, and tassels are added on all sides, heavy white and multicolored cotton wefts create horizontal bands as well as multicolored cotton single faced supplementary weft brocading, geometric designs
Inventory Description
Table cloth, heavy white and multicolored cotton wefts create horizontal bands as well as multicolored cotton single faced supplementary weft brocading, geometric designs, tassels are added on all sides
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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Sacatepequez
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<County>
/
San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Materials
Cotton , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 96.5202 × 109 × 0.1 cm (38 × 42 15/16 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.188; 96
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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