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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
Red Camisa (Shirt) for a Male Saint Effigy
© 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

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 Text

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