Huipil

Museum number:
3-27236
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3051
Description:
Huipil, plain with pattern of woven bands over shoulders. White with white/pink/blue/green braid and tassles at neck opening front and reare, and yellow/pink/blue/green braid edging the bottom hem. L. 90 cm, 115 cm. w. Context of use: Female costume. For complete costume see 3-27235-40
Donor:
Margaret G. Hindes
Collection place:
Hidalgo Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Yalálag Zapotec
Collector:
Margaret G. Hindes
Collection date:
1949
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-27236, described as Huipil, plain with pattern of woven bands over shoulders. White with white/pink/blue/green braid and tassles at neck opening front and reare, and yellow/pink/blue/green braid edging the bottom hem. L. 90 cm, 115 cm. w. Context of use: Female costume. For complete costume see 3-27235-40
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-27236, described as Huipil, plain with pattern of woven bands over shoulders. White with white/pink/blue/green braid and tassles at neck opening front and reare, and yellow/pink/blue/green braid edging the bottom hem. L. 90 cm, 115 cm. w. Context of use: Female costume. For complete costume see 3-27235-40

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