Object class: Main garments for the lower body / Collection place: Southern Mexico / Function: 2.1 Daily Garb - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Main garments for the lower body Collection place Southern Mexico Function 2.1 Daily Garb

Hearst Museum object titled Pants, accession number 3-27245, described as Pants. Waistband tie, side opening, pocket. White cotton ground with bands of colored draw-work embroidery on legs. Length - 68 cm. Context of use (incl. role in trade): Part of man's costume--3-27244,3-27245. The drawnwork embroidery seems to have replaced the decorative gauze work on earlier handwoven man's clothing from Xochistlahuaca. - Alejandro de Avila Blomberg.

Hearst Museum object titled Pants, accession number 3-27241, described as Pants. Drawstring, band of embroidery around legs, multi-colored thread on white cotton. Length 73 cm. Width 62 cm. Mexico, Zacatepec, Mixteca Baja, Oaxaca. 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 Pants, accession number 3-25506, described as Pants; men's. Short legs, drawstring waist. Brocade design in red, green, orange and pink. .

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-27254, described as Skirt, red with green zigzag/and geometric applique. L. 76 cm. Context of use: Part of woman's costume -- 3-27254-55. Attributed by donor to Amuzgo Indians of Oaxaca but really comes from Guerrero. See Cordry, Mexican Indian Costumes p. 317 for Guerrero and 318 for Oaxaca and 1st/2nd paragraphs on p. 317. Information supplied by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg in 1984 and verified by B. Busch in 1991. Skirts are not commonly worn--this one is very acculturated.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-15803, described as Skirt; yellow cotton sateen; yellow silk embroidery; plated; machine made; length 33.5in.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-25508, described as Shirt: tubular, dark blue. Two pieces, seams joined together with pink, yellow and green embroidery thread.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-29222, described as Skirt, brown with white warp stripes, wrap around style, brown is dyed with tree bark. Hand woven. Length: 2 meters 37 cm, width 83 cm, faded in some parts.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-27235, described as Skirt, cotton, brown/white warp stripe. L. 3.40m X W. 94cm. Context of use: Female costume. Complete costume, see 3-27235-40.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-15726, described as 1950's era example of a Mitla wrap around wool skirt. Diagonal weave, red and black, large. Same pattern as textile on loom 3-15727. Purchased from casa Ramona, Hildago, Oaxaca, Oaxaca.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-23116, described as Skirt; heavy black dyed muslin(?) with verticle light blue stripes sewn on; band of purple silk ribbon with yellow border around skirt;