Man's Tunic
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Jan 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1965
name: label: Collector
content: Charles D. Kleymeyer
label: Donor Name
content: Charles D. Kleymeyer
notes: label: Notes
content: V-neck, long sleeve pullover. Woven in plain weave from brown wool, and then felted. Machine embroidered: large overlapping blue and yellow zig-zags bordered with red and blue lines adorn neck, front bottom hem and underarms. A yellow x and 3 crosses fan out from bottom of the v-neck. Underarm area of sleeves is open (unsewn). 3 snaps along proper left shoulder seam. Garment is lined with machine-quilted satiny (polyester?) fabric. Back bottom edge is twisted to form fringe.
label: Notes
content: Robert Laughlin, Department of Anthropology curator of Mesoamerican ethnology, states [on the proposed accession form] that this type of garment was "formerly worn by all men, now only officials. Woven by Mayas of Huehuetenango Guatemala and sold illegally in Comitán Chiapas". Cites: "In the Eyes of the Ancestors; Belief and Behavior in a Maya Community" by June Nash.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jun 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Amatenango, Chiapas / Huehetenango, Mexico / Guatemala, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mam Maya
label: Culture
content: Tzeltal Maya
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029974
label: USNM Number
content: E431499-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 110.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 78.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 6 cm