Huipil

Museum number:
3-28125
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Alternate number:
1390 (original number) and LMO 128 (previous number (collector's original number), LMO CAT #)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Year old child’s blouse. Cotton. Open basket weave, brocaded. White ground, yellow, red, and green designs. Bird, lozenge motifs. 9.5 inches x 16 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala San Pedro/Carcha
Culture or time period:
Maya and Q'eqchi'
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 16 inches and length 9.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28125, described as Year old child’s blouse. Cotton. Open basket weave, brocaded. White ground, yellow, red, and green designs. Bird, lozenge motifs. 9.5 inches x 16 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28125, described as Year old child’s blouse. Cotton. Open basket weave, brocaded. White ground, yellow, red, and green designs. Bird, lozenge motifs. 9.5 inches x 16 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28125, described as Year old child’s blouse. Cotton. Open basket weave, brocaded. White ground, yellow, red, and green designs. Bird, lozenge motifs. 9.5 inches x 16 inches.

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