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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Ceremonial Huipil (Woman's Blouse)

Place CreatedChichicastenango, Guatemala, Central America, North America
CultureK'iche' Maya
Dateca. 1945
MediumCotton, acrylic fiber
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)
Object number2009.042.117
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/140.
"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, July 24, 1985.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas