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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Effigy of Saint Joseph

Place CreatedGuatemala, Central America, North America
CultureMaya
Date19th Century
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions19 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (48.9 x 19.1 x 8.9 cm)
Object number2009.042.260
Exhibition HistoryThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017

Published ReferencesThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/139.
"Dressing the Saints: Catholic-Related Maya Textiles for the Santos/as," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/dressingsaints.
ProvenanceEx coll. Samuel R. Bright, Jr. (1936-2001) and Mickey Paddock Bright Griffin, United States, probably purchased from Yuri Saldyt, New Mexico, July 1987.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas