Sampler

NameSampler

Place collectedGuatemala City, Guatemala, Central America

MediumLinen, silk

Dimensions24 13/16 × 14 9/16 in. (63 × 37 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase with partial funds from the International Folk Art Foundation, A16.1954.3

Object numberA16.1954.3

DescriptionSampler includes images of pomegranates and carnation-like flowers, and is worked in red, three blues, several greens and one yellow on an unbleached linen ground. A drawnwork panel is centered on the piece a little above the middle. Below this, and a little to the right (likely proper left) is a green and yellow bird standing on a flower in a bowl. Otherwise the designs are randomly placed. The piece is threadbare and stained.