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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Ceremonial Huipil (Woman's Blouse) with Long Brocaded Center Panel

AAT Object Form/Functionceremonial costume
AAT Object Form/Functionhuipils
AAT Object Form/Functiontextiles (visual works)
Place CreatedChichicastenango, Guatemala, North America
CultureK'iche' Maya
Dateca. 1910
MediumCotton
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions11 in. (27.9 cm)
Object number2009.042.028
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/82.
"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. Samuel R. Bright, Jr. (1936-2001) and Mickey Paddock Bright Griffin, United States, purchased from Yuri Saldyt, New Mexico, January 21, 1989.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas