Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Guatemalan scholar Olympia Altuve at an unknown date; purchased from her in 1928 during the Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kaqchikel Maya (Cakchiquel)
- Collector
- Olympia Altuve (Olympia Altruve), Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Olympia Altuve (Olympia Altruve), Non-Indian
- Seller
- Olympia Altuve (Olympia Altruve), Non-Indian
- Expedition
- Mrs. Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition (1928) (Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)
- Expedition leader
- Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
- Expedition sponsor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Name
- Woman's huipil/shirt (unfinished)
- Media/Materials
- Cotton yarn
- Techniques
- Woven
- Dimensions
- 130 x 135 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
