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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
Woman's Ceremonial Cofradia Tzut (Head Cloth)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Woman's Ceremonial Cofradia Tzut (Head Cloth)

Place CreatedChajul, Guatemala, Central America, North America
CultureIxil Maya
Dateca. 1925
MediumCotton, acrylic fibers
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions28 5/8 in. (72.7 cm)
Object number2009.042.200
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/133.
ProvenanceEx coll. Samuel R. Bright, Jr. (1936-2001) and Mickey Paddock Bright Griffin, United States, purchased from John Menser [The Menser Collection], Dallas, Texas, March 18, 1978.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas