Description (Labels & Markings)
Written, in sharpie, on back of doll is: "Recuerdo de Mujeres Tejedoras de San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, CA. " (Keepsake from the women weavers of San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, CA.

Event Date
Author: Alison clark

Context (Production / use)
Handmade wooden, textile & paper doll wearing traditional Q'eqchi' traje, or costume, from San Juan Chamelco in the Alta Verapaz of Guatemala. Doll is wooden base, with paper hands and feet. Wearing traditional Chamelqueno traje, or costume produced using scraps of used traje objects. Skirt is grey with blue and black bands. Includes yellow sash and white 'tzot' huipil or blouse. Doll has traditional tupuy headdress (long braided woolen cord of red and yellow) and wears a traditional napkin over her right shoulder. Includes red beaded necklace. Metal hoop with cord for hanging drilled into top of dolls head. Written, in sharpie, on back of doll is: "Recuerdo de Mujeres Tejedoras de San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, CA. " (Keepsake from the women weavers of San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, CA.)
Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Context (Field collection)
Gifted to Callie Vandewiele during her PhD field research to be given to the MAA to accompany textiles purchased as part of a Crowther-Beynon Grant from the cooperative Hijas de Aj Po'op B'atz. Designed to represent Q'eqchi' textiles in use.

Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Description (Physical description)
Handmade wooden, textile & paper doll wearing traditional Q'eqchi' traje, or costume, from San Juan Chamelco in the Alta Verapaz of Guatemala. Doll is wooden base, with paper hands and feet. Wearing traditional Chamelqueno traje, or costume produced using scraps of used traje objects. Skirt is grey with blue and black bands. Includes yellow sash and white 'tzot' huipil or blouse. Doll has traditional tupuy headdress (long braided woolen cord of red and yellow) and wears a traditional napkin over her right shoulder. Includes red beaded necklace. Metal hoop with cord for hanging drilled into top of dolls head. Written, in sharpie, on back of doll is: "Recuerdo de Mujeres Tejedoras de San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, CA. " (Keepsake from the women weavers of San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, CA.

Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Context (Display)
Exhibited in Looms of our Grandmothers: Picb'il textiles from Guatemala, 16 May – 6 October 2019.
Label noted 'This wooden doll was made for this Museum to ensure that the Museum’s visitors understand the importance of traje for Q’eqchi’ Maya women today.'
Event Date 21/1/2020
Author: rachel hand