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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
Purple Corte (Skirt) with Jaspe (Tie-Dyed Threads)
© 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

Purple Corte (Skirt) with Jaspe (Tie-Dyed Threads)

Place CreatedSantiago Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America, North America
CultureKakchikel Maya
Dateca. 1945
MediumCotton
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions134 1/2 in. (341.6 cm)
Object number2009.042.328
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/109.
"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 John Menser [The Menser Collection], Dallas, Texas, March 18, 1978.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas