Ayate

Textiles

c. 1930

Possibly Otomí
Mexico

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Otomí
Title: Ayate
Place: Mexico (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1930–1939
Medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave with patterning and brocading wefts
Dimensions: 168.9 × 143.8 cm (66 1/2 × 56 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Avrina Pugh
Reference Number: 1970.1087

Art Institute of Chicago, Folk Art Textiles from the Permanent Collection, Nov. 8, 1980-Mar. 1, 1981.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Mexican, Central, and South American Textiles: A Living Legacy, Oct. 28, 1992-Jan. 17, 1993.

Avrina Pugh, Racine, WI, by Nov. 20, 1970 [incoming receipt RX7751, Nov. 20, 1970, copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1970.

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