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Fabric, possibly part of a huipil, bird and geometric images; finished for a table scarf
Fabric, possibly part of a huipil, bird and geometric images; finished for a table scarf
Object Number 2013.24.209
Display Title Fabric, possibly part of a huipil, bird and geometric images; finished for a table scarf
Descriptions
Object Description One piece, floor loomed, possibly part of a huipil, selvages cut and hemmed, white cotton with dense indigo, green, peach, purple and orange cotton two faced supplementary weft brocading, bird and geometric images. Also finished for a table scarf.
Inventory Description Fabric, possibly part of a huipil, hemmed, white cotton with dense indigo, green, peach, purple and orange cotton two faced supplementary weft brocading, bird and geometric images
Classification
  • Fabric
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Quetzaltenango / <County> / Quetzaltenango
Materials Cotton , Dye
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.209
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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