Huipil

Museum number:

3-29440

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Accession number:

Acc.4117

Object count:

1

Description:

Huipil, silk and cotton, three panels hand stitched together, design of stripes with geometric forms, green, yellow and fuchsia on natural ground, fuchsia silk cloth yoke with floral embroidery. Length 57.0 cm, width 106.0 cm

Donor:

Mrs. Harry B. Perrin

Collection place:

Quiché Department, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

Guatemalan

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

before 1987

Materials:

Cotton (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Huipils

Function:

2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

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