Mantle

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Title	Mantle
Artist	Artist Unknown (Maya)
Date	early 20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Textiles, Textile-Woven Fabric | Cotton, acrylic; discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

Size:

106 x 19 1/4 in. (269.24 x 48.9 cm)

Creation Place:

Central America, Guatemala, Highland Region, El Quiché, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango

Culture:

Maya, Central America, Guatemala, Highland Region, El Quiché

Style:

20th century

Physical Description:

discontinuous supplementary weft patterning; rows of purple birds, butterflies, etc., alternate with rows of pink zigzags and rows of blue and red weft pile on natural ecru ground

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Richard L. Simmons, Douglas Dawson Collection

Accession Number:

2001.289.19

Artist:

Role:

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Mantle

Artist Unknown (Maya)

early 20th century