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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
Ceremonial Huipil
© 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

Ceremonial Huipil

Place CreatedChichicastenango, Guatemala, Central America, North America
CultureMaya
Dateca. 1945
MediumCotton, acrylic fiber
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions35 1/4 in. (89.5 cm)
Object number2009.042.105
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, Textile Rotation 1, February 9 - July 1, 2013
Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Americas Organics Rotation 3, July 29, 2024 - Present
Published ReferencesThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/46.
"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, January 15, 1976.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas