Huipil

Museum number:
3-24270
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Accession number:
Acc.2554
Description:
Huipil: white cotton warp faced; varicolor wool brocade in geometric designs across top incl. indigo diamonds. Wide mano (strip across shoulder); slit neck. 4 webs. 1. 61cm (sic)
Donor:
Katherine Branstetter and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Tenejapa, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Tenehapan, Te-Mahosik' ( a hamlet of Tenejapa)
Culture or time period:
Tzeltal people
Collector:
Katherine Branstetter
Collection date:
Summer 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 73.66 centimeters and length 60.96 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: heavy; rolled Materials, techniques: Cotton warp faced web; wool brocade. Yarn purchased from Ladinos; dark blue is indigo-dyed cotton. Native name and meaning: Huipil- Spanish, blouse K'u'il- Tzeltal, blouse. Context of use: Woman's blouse. Made by Antonia Mendes Zapata for herself. Design traditional. Blouse worn for fiestas, markets and other gatherings; cost 400 pesos.
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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-24270, described as Huipil: white cotton warp faced; varicolor wool brocade in geometric designs across top incl. indigo diamonds. Wide mano (strip across shoulder); slit neck. 4 webs. 1. 61cm (sic)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-24270, described as Huipil: white cotton warp faced; varicolor wool brocade in geometric designs across top incl. indigo diamonds. Wide mano (strip across shoulder); slit neck. 4 webs. 1. 61cm (sic)

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