Toalla

Museum number:

3-153

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Alternate number:

153 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Woman’s garment (toalla). (Cotton basketweave. Red with green, yellow, and blue stripes. Multicolored satin brocading. Blue and yellow warp stripes edge. 72 cm x 79 cm). Remarks: For the color green, the fiber is cotton and the dye must be retested for indigo. For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder.

Donor:

Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá, Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

San Lucas Toliman, Solola, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

Kaqchikel and Maya

Collector:

Gustavus A. Eisen

Collection date:

1902

Materials:

Cotton (textile) and Silk (floss)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

October 20, 1902

Department:

Cat. 3 - Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Area

Dimensions:

width 72 centimeters and length 79 centimeters

Comment:

See Eisen archives in Museum library. See acc. envelope. See also references below.

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