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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 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