Huipil

Museum number:

3-115

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Alternate number:

115 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Woman’s shirt or huipil; off-white plain weave cotton with red, orange and green vertical stripes and brocaded horizontal stripes at shoulder area; lower 10 cm in back basket weave; “collar” of white commercial cotton, appliqued; 95 cm long, 104 cm across bottom Remarks: Fabric almost identical to cuff and collar of 3-114

Donor:

Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

Todos Santos, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

Mam and Maya

Collector:

Gustavus A. Eisen

Collection date:

1902

Materials:

Cotton (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

October 20, 1902

Department:

Cat. 3 - Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Area

Dimensions:

length 98 centimeters and width 98 centimeters

Comment:

See Eisen archive in museum library. See acc. envelope. See also references below

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