Culture/People:

probably Zapotec (attributed)  Search this

Collector:

Dr. Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan, Non-Indian  Search this

Previous owner:

Dr. Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan, Non-Indian  Search this

Donor:

Dr. Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan, Non-Indian  Search this

Object Name:

Woman's skirt

Media/Materials:

Velvet, cotton cloth, embroidery floss, thread

Techniques:

Sewn, embroidered

Dimensions:

80.0 x 60.0 x 4.0 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments

Place:

Santo Domingo Tehuantepec; Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Tehuantepec District, Istmo Region; Oaxaca State; Mexico

Date created:

1970-1973

Collection History:

Collected by Dr. Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan (scholar of Mexican folk art and professor emerita of Museum Studies at New York University) in 1973; donated to NMAI by Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan in 2008.

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Catalog Number:

26/6989

Barcode:

266989.000

See related items:

Zapotec

Clothing/Garments

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a199bd5b-3906-4442-b5ed-13598bb42af6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_393980