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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Red Camisa (Shirt) for a Male Saint Effigy

Place CreatedPanajachel, Guatemala, Central America, North America
Dateearly 20th Century
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions29 in. (73.7 cm)
Object number2009.042.259
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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/148.
"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 Yuri Saldyt, New Mexico, July 1987.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas