Huipil

Museum number:
3-23123
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2248
Object count:
1
Description:
Huipil. Bleached muslin. Neck and hem decorated with machine satin stitch varichrome floral embroidery in red, pink, blue, purple, and green commercial embroidery thread. 100 cm by 72 cm. Cf. 25-3483-92; 13-5867, 13-6004-05, and 13-6052. See field notes in accession envelope. Bleached muslin and commercial embroidery. 3-23120 and 3-23123-25 comprise Yucatecan peasant women’s festive dress.
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Yucatan; Merida
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
December 23, 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 103 centimeters and length 66 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23123, described as Huipil. Bleached muslin. Neck and hem decorated with machine satin stitch varichrome floral embroidery in red, pink, blue, purple, and green commercial embroidery thread. 100 cm by 72 cm. Cf. 25-3483-92; 13-5867, 13-6004-05, and 13-6052. See field notes in accession envelope. Bleached muslin and commercial embroidery. 3-23120 and 3-23123-25 comprise Yucatecan peasant women’s festive dress.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23123, described as Huipil. Bleached muslin. Neck and hem decorated with machine satin stitch varichrome floral embroidery in red, pink, blue, purple, and green commercial embroidery thread. 100 cm by 72 cm. Cf. 25-3483-92; 13-5867, 13-6004-05, and 13-6052. See field notes in accession envelope. Bleached muslin and commercial embroidery. 3-23120 and 3-23123-25 comprise Yucatecan peasant women’s festive dress.

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