Huipil (No hole for head, sides not stitched together. 3 strand basket weave, off-white cotton brocaded in dark blue and violet. Cotton 1 m 40 cm x 1 m 2 cm).
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mixco, Guatemala Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Mixco, Guatemala, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Maya and Poqomam
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 139 centimeters and width 100 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p.101 Schevill; see references below.