Object class: Shirts (main garments) / Collector: Robert Miller / Function: 2.1 Daily Garb - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 3-27242, described as Shirt, not seamed at sides or under sleeves. Embroidered yoke, bands at cuffs and across front middle. Back considerably longer than front. Length (front) 103 cm. Length (rear) 147 cm. Mexico, Oaxaca, Zacatepec, Mixteca Baja. Cotton, embroidery. Part of a man’s costume, 3-27241-43 References: F. Toor, Mexican Folkways, Plate 38; Donald Cordry, “Mexican Indian Costumes”, Plate 223

Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 3-27244, described as Shirt. Colored bands of drawn-work embroidery on shoulders and sleeves. Front pocket; front open at neck and waist. Length - 53.3 cm. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *Possibly from Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero (Amuzgo). The drawn-work embroidery seems to have substituted the decorative gauze-work on earlier handwoven man's clothing from Xochistlahuaca. - Alejandro de Avila Blomberg.