ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Woman's Ceremonial or Wedding Huipil (Blouse)
Place CreatedSanta Lucia Utatlan, Guatemala, North America
CultureK'iche' Maya
Date1920s
MediumCotton, acrylic fiber
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions21 in. (53.3 cm)
Object number2009.042.164
Exhibition HistoryThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017Published ReferencesThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/100.
"Passing the Flame: Some Thoughts on Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/passingtheflame.
ProvenanceEx coll. Samuel R. Bright, Jr. (1936-2001) and Mickey Paddock Bright Griffin, United States, purchased from Yuri Saldyt, New Mexico.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
ca. 1910
ca. 1925
