DepartmentLatin America
Doll, San Juan Chamula dress
NameDoll
Maker
Patixtán Sisters
CultureTzotzil
DateLate 20th century
Place madeSan Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico, North America
MediumWool, cotton, wood, paint
Dimensions10 5/8 × 5 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (27 × 14 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Rene and Tony Donaldson, A.2016.6.7
Object numberA.2016.6.7
DescriptionFemale wooden doll with black hair, eyes, and eyebrows. She wears a shawl over her head, held in place by black and red band. The shawl is white and embroidered with scallop decorative trim in purple, pink, turquioise, yellow, green, and red. Red and yellow ribbons hanging from beads are around her neck. Below the shawl she wears another white dress with similar decorative trim. Underneath the outer dress is a black skirt. She is barefoot.
Early 20th century
Early 20th century
