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  • Perraje (shawl) (Guatemala), 1900–1950

    Long rectangular shawl with warp fringe, macramé beading and tassels at ends. Bright red with even stripes of dark blue and green jaspe patterns forming chevrons and other geometric shapes.

  • Tzute (man’s Head Cloth) (Guatemala), late 19th–early 20th century

    Warp-faced red cotton cloth with central horizontal band of stylized animals in white and purple silk floss. Seamed down center with same colors. Long tassels of purple floss at each…

  • Huipil (Guatemala), ca. 1925

    Three lengths of natural brown coarse cotton sewn together with coarse black cotton thread. Elaborately patterned in geometric designs over the shoulders and down both front and back, in bright…

  • Carrying Cloth (servilleta) (Guatemala), 20th century

    Carrying cloth (servilleta) of white cotton plain weave embroidered in bright red, yellow, and green in all-over pattern of dime-sized dots, some connected by lines to form stars, bands, or…

  • Huipil (Guatemala), 20th century

    Loosely woven white cotton plain weave with geometric patterning. Three widths sewn together. Head opening in center is reinforced with band of purple cotton solidly embroidered in polychrome cottons in…

  • Tzute (man’s Head Cloth) (Guatemala), 20th century

    Two widths of hand-woven red cotton with thin blue stripes joined together. Abstract and stylized image of the double-headed eagle in purple, orange, turquoise and white. Long purple tassels at…

  • Huipil (uncut) (Guatemala), early 20th century

    Panel, most likely made for a huipil, comprised of three narrow panels of white hand-woven cotton, patterned in geometric design. Center panel has slightly different pattern from side panels.

  • Huipil (uncut) (Guatemala), 20th century

    Uncut huipil comprised of three narrow panels in white cotton. Pattern in rows showing donkey with rider, alternating stylized tree with bud at top and below, figure of a man.…

  • Shoulder Cape (Guatemala), 1901–50

    Textile panel in narrow stripes of varying widths in pink, green, yellow, brown and white, set off by wide band, also running vertically, in blue. Selvages present; two widths joined…

  • Perraje (shawl) (Guatemala), 20th century

    Warp jaspe rebozo with stripes in pink, yellow, green, white, purple, and black in a basic geometric pattern. Wide netted and fringed border on both sides in matching colors.

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