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DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Sampler

NameSampler

Maker Ysabel Serna y Avila

Date1860 dated

Place madeAntigua, Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Central America

MediumCotton, wool;

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mrs. Dwight B. Heard, A.1949.1.62

Object numberA.1949.1.62

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionColored cross stitch and embroidery, of animal and geometric and floral motifs, (vertical strip), with inscription in Spanish of name of maker and date "1860".

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