ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Ceremonial Huipil (Blouse) with Cuyuscate (Natural Brown Cotton)
Place CreatedChichicastenango, Guatemala, Central America, North America
CultureK'iche' Maya
Dateca. 1925
MediumCotton, acrylic
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, 2013Threads 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 viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
ca. 1945
ca. 1910
