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Object Number
2013.24.206
Display Title
Cotton, unspun brown and white cotton, multi-colored spun cotton, silk
Descriptions
Object Description
Variegated colors and fibers, unspun natural brown and white cotton, spun silk, cotton
Inventory Description
Fibers, multi-colored, unspun natural brown and white cotton, spun silk, cotton
Classification
- Cotton
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
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Chimaltenango
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<County>
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Chimaltenango
Materials
Cotton , Silk , Dye
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of each bag): 20.32 × 25.4001 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
2013.24.206
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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