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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Ceremonial Huipil (Blouse) with Cuyuscate (Natural Brown Cotton)

Place CreatedChichicastenango, Guatemala, Central America, North America
Dateca. 1925
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm)
Object number2009.042.047
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, Textile Rotation 1, February 9 - July 1, 2013
Threads 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/81.
"Creations of the Red Goddess: the Women's Blouse (Pot, Huipil) from Chichicastenango over Time," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/redgoddess.
ProvenanceEx coll. Mrs. Betty L. Hunt, Hot Springs, Arkansas, purchased from John Menser [The Menser Collection], Dallas, Texas, October 10, 1977. Ex coll. Samuel R. Bright, Jr. (1936-2001) and Mickey Paddock Bright Griffin, United States.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas