Skip to main content
© 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)

AAT Object Form/Functionheadcloths (headgear)
AAT Object Form/Functiontextiles (visual works)
AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)
Place CreatedNahuala, Guatemala, Central America, North America
CultureK'iche' Maya
Dateca. 1930
MediumCotton, acrylic fiber
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions43 3/4 in. (111.1 cm)
Object number2009.042.069
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/107.
"Dressing the Saints: Catholic-Related Maya Textiles for the Santos/as," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/dressingsaints.
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