ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Red Camisa (Shirt) for a Male Saint Effigy
Place CreatedPanajachel, Guatemala, Central America, North America
CultureKakchikel Maya
Dateearly 20th Century
MediumCotton, acrylic fibers
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions29 in. (73.7 cm)
Object number2009.042.259
Label TextExhibition 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 viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
ca. 1925
ca. 1910
ca. 1925