Apron

Museum number:

3-54

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030000054

Alternate number:

54 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Child’s apron (delantal); plain and basket weave; cotton; red, dark blue and yellow plaid; 2 stripes with ikat design; waist band orange, blue and yellow cotton plaid; white cotton ties; machine stitched; 43 cm wide at hem, 45 cm long

Donor:

Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

K'iche' and Maya

Collector:

Gustavus A. Eisen

Collection date:

1902

Materials:

Cotton (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Aprons (protective wear)

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

October 20, 1902

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Dimensions:

length 45 centimeters and width 43 centimeters

Comment:

See Eisen archive in museum library. Also see references below

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