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

Woman's Huipil (Blouse) with Purple Background

Place CreatedChichicastenango, Guatemala, Central America, North America
CultureMaya
Dateca. 1980
MediumCotton, acrylic fiber
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions34 3/4 in. (88.3 cm)
Object number2009.042.383
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/142.
"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 Susan Smith, August 1988.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas