Tunic

Museum number:
3-25512
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Alternate number:
8 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.2795
Description:
Tunic, cotton. Red and white narrow stripes. Neck opening bound in red satin ribbon. Open sides of tunic tied with wool yarn cords, small embroidered areas opposite each cord-tie. 73 cm shoulder to bottom of fringe; 73 cm. width
Donor:
Katherine Branstetter and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zinacantán, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Zinacantan
Culture or time period:
Tzotzil people
Collector:
Katherine Branstetter
Collection date:
8/25/1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tunics
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 73 centimeters and width 72 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: cotton, satin Techniques: woven. Fringe at bottom. Neck opening bound in red satin ribbon. Native name and meaning: “Pok’tul” (tunic) CONTEXT OF USE: worn by men over shirt. Made by: women.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tunic, accession number 3-25512, described as Tunic, cotton. Red and white narrow stripes. Neck opening bound in red satin ribbon. Open sides of tunic tied with wool yarn cords, small embroidered areas opposite each cord-tie. 73 cm shoulder to bottom of fringe; 73 cm. width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tunic, accession number 3-25512, described as Tunic, cotton. Red and white narrow stripes. Neck opening bound in red satin ribbon. Open sides of tunic tied with wool yarn cords, small embroidered areas opposite each cord-tie. 73 cm shoulder to bottom of fringe; 73 cm. width

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