Huipil

Museum number:

3-48

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

48 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Guipil" of woman; 3-48 plain weave; brocade, twill and basket weave; white cotton with multicolor brocade and twill stripes; neck bound with ribbon and velveteen and embroidered; sewn on by machine; approximately 90 cm wide, 105 cm long; For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder

Donor:

Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

K'iche'

Collector:

Gustavus A. Eisen

Collection date:

1902

Materials:

Cotton (textile), Silk (floss), and Velvet (fabric weave)

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 105 centimeters and width 90 centimeters

Comment:

See Eisen archive in museum library. Also see references below

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