Huipil

Museum number:
3-15800
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Accession number:
Acc.1886
Description:
Huipil; full length; white cotton; hand woven; pieced; varicolored horizontal wool stripes; chevron design; about 54 inches by 41 inches.
Donor:
Joyce E. Murphy
Collection place:
Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Oaxaca, Tlaxcaco vicinity
Culture or time period:
Mixtec
Collector:
Joyce E. Murphy
Collection date:
1935-1939
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 106.68 centimeters and length 142.24 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight; rolled
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15800, described as Huipil; full length; white cotton; hand woven; pieced; varicolored horizontal wool stripes; chevron design; about 54 inches by 41 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15800, described as Huipil; full length; white cotton; hand woven; pieced; varicolored horizontal wool stripes; chevron design; about 54 inches by 41 inches.

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