Huipil

Museum number:
3-29171
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029171
Accession number:
Acc.3806
Description:
Huipil: dark blue plain weave ground with brocade that is mainly red. center panel has varicolored zigzag design and geometric figures, sides have varicolored arrows, snowflakes, and geometric designs, w: 103 cm, l (from neck to bottom) 48 cm
Donor:
Janette Howard Wallace
Collection place:
Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils and Snowflakes (motifs)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29171, described as Huipil: dark blue plain weave ground with brocade that is mainly red. center panel has varicolored zigzag design and geometric figures, sides have varicolored arrows, snowflakes, and geometric designs, w: 103 cm, l (from neck to bottom) 48 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29171, described as Huipil: dark blue plain weave ground with brocade that is mainly red. center panel has varicolored zigzag design and geometric figures, sides have varicolored arrows, snowflakes, and geometric designs, w: 103 cm, l (from neck to bottom) 48 cm

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