Shawl, Part Of Woman's Clothing Set
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1956 to 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. R A. Horton
label: Collector
content: Elvira Aldana
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. R A. Horton
notes: label: Notes
content: PART OF FIVE PIECE WOMAN'S CLOTHING SET CATALOGUED AS 426471-426475. SHAWL CONSTRUCTED OF TWO PANELS OF COTTON CLOTH WITH RED BACKGROUND ON WHICH ARE ORANGE WARP PINSTRIPES, AND WARP STRIPES THAT ARE COMBINATIONS OF YELLOW, GREEN, TURQUOISE BLUE, MAGENTA, DARK BRICK RED, AND PURPLE FLECKS. THE ZIPPER-LIKE COMBINATION STRIPES SPACED 6CM APART BETWEEN WHICH OCCUR THE ORANGE PINSTRIPES. PANELS SEWN TOGETHER WITH A RANDA WITH HAS 0.5CM COLOR SEGMENTS OF YELLOW, GREEN, AND VIOLET. SHAWL HAS ROWS OF PICKED PILE BROCADE DESIGNS, INLCUDING DIAMONDS ENCASED IN SQUARES, CONTIGUOUS SIDEWAYS M'S, CHEVRON GROUPS, PLANT MOTIFS, AND VERTICAL ZIGZAG GROUPS. COLORS USED IN BROCADE: BLUE, VIOLET, YELLOW, PURPLE, GREEN, BRICK RED, TURQUOISE BLUE, AND PINK. A COMMERCIAL TAG IN THE BOTTOM CORNER OF WHITE SYNTHETIC CLOTH SAYS "LA TINAJA--HAND LOOMED GUATEMALA" IS SEWN ON.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San Ildefonso Ixtahuacan, Cuchumatan Mountains, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mam Maya
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387111
label: USNM Number
content: E426474-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shawl
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 107 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 114 cm