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Unknown Maker, Guatemalan

Gola

Maker

Unknown Maker, Guatemalan

Culture

Guatemalan, K'iche Maya

Title

Gola

Year

before 1917

Medium

  • cotton

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • cotton

Materials

cotton

Geography

San Cristóbal Totonicapán, Totonicapán, Guatemala

Dimensions

50.8 cm (20 inches) (length)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Barbara Deering Danielson

Object Number

82.308.34B

Type

  • Costume Accessories

Exhibition History

From the Loom of a Goddess
Reverberations of Guatemalan Mayan Weaving
Feb 23, 2018 – Aug 19, 2018

Label copy

Flounced collars such as these, with silk embroidered floral designs, were made to be worn on special occasions over large ceremonial huipiles. Embroidery entered Maya practice with the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500s. The realistic floral motifs here point to the influence of European pattern books and Chinese trade textiles.

Collares de vuelo como estos, hechos de seda con diseños florales bordados, fueron hechos para ser usados en ocasiones especiales sobre enormes huipiles ceremoniales. El bordado entró en la práctica maya con la llegada de los españoles en el siglo XV. Los motivos florales realistas aquí señalan la influencia de los libros de patrones europeos y los textiles comerciales chinos.

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Unknown Maker, Guatemalan
Gola, before 1917
cotton
50.8 cm (20 inches) (length)
Gift of Mrs. Barbara Deering Danielson 82.308.34B

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