Bed cover

Museum number:
3-140
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030000140
Alternate number:
140
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Bed covering or dehenilla (delamilla or sabana per Schevill 1993) . (Cotton, plain weave, predominantly red, with blue, green, yellow, white striped, including ikat stripes and design. Approximately 4m 14 cm long, 93 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bedcovers
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 414 centimeters and width 93 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. See also references below.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bed cover, accession number 3-140, described as Bed covering or dehenilla (delamilla or sabana per Schevill 1993) . (Cotton, plain weave, predominantly red, with blue, green, yellow, white striped, including ikat stripes and design. Approximately 4m 14 cm long, 93 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bed cover, accession number 3-140, described as Bed covering or dehenilla (delamilla or sabana per Schevill 1993) . (Cotton, plain weave, predominantly red, with blue, green, yellow, white striped, including ikat stripes and design. Approximately 4m 14 cm long, 93 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bed cover, accession number 3-140, described as Bed covering or dehenilla (delamilla or sabana per Schevill 1993) . (Cotton, plain weave, predominantly red, with blue, green, yellow, white striped, including ikat stripes and design. Approximately 4m 14 cm long, 93 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bed cover, accession number 3-140, described as Bed covering or dehenilla (delamilla or sabana per Schevill 1993) . (Cotton, plain weave, predominantly red, with blue, green, yellow, white striped, including ikat stripes and design. Approximately 4m 14 cm long, 93 cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bed cover, accession number 3-140, described as Bed covering or dehenilla (delamilla or sabana per Schevill 1993) . (Cotton, plain weave, predominantly red, with blue, green, yellow, white striped, including ikat stripes and design. Approximately 4m 14 cm long, 93 cm wide.)

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