Embroidery technique sample

Museum number:

3-29308i

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm2103029308i

Accession number:

Acc.3032

Object count:

1

Description:

Embroidery technique sample, Guatemalan, attributed to Lila O'Neale - several types of edging, closure and embellishment shown; provenience notes attached. Panel with 2 samples of embroidery from Guatemala. 1: yellow leaves and flower stems attached to a twining green stem. uses chain and buttonhole stitches. 2: bordered panel (red chain stitch) filled with flowers and leaves (red, pink, purple, brown, aqua, green) using buttonhole stitch.

Donor:

Design Department (UC Berkeley)

Collection place:

Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

Guatemala, several villages

Culture or time period:

Guatemalan

Collector:

Lila Morris O'Neale

Collection date:

unknown

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

8.3 For Manufacturing

Accession date:

1974

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

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