https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/41337/fullWedding Huipil (Blouse)ca. 191040 in. (101.6 cm)Cotton, acrylic fiberBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles2009.042.1580Small samples (approximately 2mm) from both the lighter and darker purple threads were analyzed using Direct Analysis in Real Time mass spectrometry (DART-MS) by the Armitage Archaeological Chemistry Research Group at Eastern Michigan University. Neither of the samples contained dibromoindigo, which is found in natural purple dye made from sea snails. The specific dye was not identified. Given these results and the historical date of the huipil, the purple dyes are likely to be modern synthetic colorants.Art of the Americas53264225678