Search

Start Over Object class Main garments Collection place Central Mexico
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-4832, described as Blue and white refajo skirt, for semi-dress wear. Popoluca tribe.
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.
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-4830, described as Red, yellow, green and white refajo skirt for dress wear. Made by Sierra Popouluca woman. "Refajo" skirt woven by a Sierra Popoluca woman of Soteapan, Veracruz, on a girdle-back loom. Worn wrapped around the waist with the warp in horizontal position. This is a very good specimen.
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-4831, described as Red, white, black and blue for semi-dress wear refajo skirt made by an Aztec woman. "Refajo" skirt woven by a Mexicana (Aztec) woman on a girdle-back loom, in the Mexicano-speaking town Mecayapan. This is an average specimen of a quality usually worn for everyday work around the home. For field work an older, less well made garment would be substituted. The Refajo is the most typical loom work of all of the Indians, Aztec and Popoluca alike, of the Coatzacoalcos area of Southern Veracruz.
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-27248, described as Skirt, pleated, black wool hemmed with purple, band of purple at top backed with blue which shows for waistband and tie. 2 pcs. orange ribbon pinned to waist. L. 84 cm. Context of use: Part of woman's costume -- 3-27248-53.
Hearst Museum object titled Trousers, accession number 3-27907, described as Trousers; white gauze-like cotton, soiled; wide legs; crotch set in separately; varicolored cross-stitch embroidery in 8-pointed stars; fret design and peacock-like birds in blue and yellow at base of trousers; l. 82.5 cm

Limit your search

more »

more »

View distribution

Current results range from 1939 to 1977

View larger Year collected

more »

View distribution

Current results range from 1904 to 2015

View larger Accession year