Huipil

Museum number:
3-15729
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Accession number:
Acc.1241
Description:
Huipil. (Woman’s long blouse.) White, embroidered with applique in colored strips. Mixtec. Purchased at Casa Ramona, Oaxaca City. Cost $350 pesos. (12.50 pesos equals $1.00 US.)
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec
Culture or time period:
Mixtec
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 106 centimeters and length 130 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15729, described as Huipil. (Woman’s long blouse.) White, embroidered with applique in colored strips. Mixtec. Purchased at Casa Ramona, Oaxaca City. Cost $350 pesos. (12.50 pesos equals $1.00 US.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15729, described as Huipil. (Woman’s long blouse.) White, embroidered with applique in colored strips. Mixtec. Purchased at Casa Ramona, Oaxaca City. Cost $350 pesos. (12.50 pesos equals $1.00 US.)

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