black and white striped handmade cotton cloth with polychrome embroidered birds interspersed with flowers and leaves arranged in 5 horizontal registers

Embroidered Panel from trousers

Artist Tzutujil Maya Artist

Date1988

Place of originGuatemala, North and Central America

PurchasedLago de Atitlán, Sololá , Guatemala, North and Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions22 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (57.2 × 74.9 cm)

ClassificationsTextiles

Credit LineGift of Roy Hunt

Object number2017.4.4

Collections

AFRICAN

Visual DescriptionBlack and white striped handmade cotton cloth with polychrome embroidered birds interspersed with flowers and leaves arranged in 5 horizontal registers

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