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

Collections

Latin America

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.