Skirt

Museum number:
3-4829
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1942X
Object count:
1
Description:
White utilitarian refajo skirt. Popoluca tribe. Woven on a girdle-back loom by a Sierra Popoluca woman of Soteapan, Veracruz. This is a hastily and carelessly woven utilitarian garment for every day wear. Collected match 1941, by G. Foster.
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Soteapan, Veracruz, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Soteapan, Veracruz, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
George M. Foster
Collection date:
March 1941
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
October 4, 1942
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-4829, described as White utilitarian refajo skirt. Popoluca tribe. Woven on a girdle-back loom by a Sierra Popoluca woman of Soteapan, Veracruz. This is a hastily and carelessly woven utilitarian garment for every day wear. Collected match 1941, by G. Foster.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-4829, described as White utilitarian refajo skirt. Popoluca tribe. Woven on a girdle-back loom by a Sierra Popoluca woman of Soteapan, Veracruz. This is a hastily and carelessly woven utilitarian garment for every day wear. Collected match 1941, by G. Foster.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-4829, described as White utilitarian refajo skirt. Popoluca tribe. Woven on a girdle-back loom by a Sierra Popoluca woman of Soteapan, Veracruz. This is a hastily and carelessly woven utilitarian garment for every day wear. Collected match 1941, by G. Foster.

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