Huipil, child

Museum number:
3-200
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
200 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Child’s garment or huipil. (White, cotton, gauzy plainweave. Has distinct sleeves, probably not called a huipil. Sleeves and neckline bound with red cotton. Small piece of black fabric at point of neckline. Machine stitched. 27 cm long, 31 across hem.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Aguacatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Aguacatan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Awakateko and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 28 centimeters and width 68 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p. 105; references below
Loans:
S2002-2003 #9: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 20, 2002–April 7, 2003)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, child, accession number 3-200, described as Child’s garment or huipil. (White, cotton, gauzy plainweave. Has distinct sleeves, probably not called a huipil. Sleeves and neckline bound with red cotton. Small piece of black fabric at point of neckline. Machine stitched. 27 cm long, 31 across hem.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, child, accession number 3-200, described as Child’s garment or huipil. (White, cotton, gauzy plainweave. Has distinct sleeves, probably not called a huipil. Sleeves and neckline bound with red cotton. Small piece of black fabric at point of neckline. Machine stitched. 27 cm long, 31 across hem.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, child, accession number 3-200, described as Child’s garment or huipil. (White, cotton, gauzy plainweave. Has distinct sleeves, probably not called a huipil. Sleeves and neckline bound with red cotton. Small piece of black fabric at point of neckline. Machine stitched. 27 cm long, 31 across hem.)

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