Huipil

Museum number:
3-32022
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030032022
Alternate number:
1531 (tag, donor's note) and Foster 1 (attributed PAHMA number, temporary)
Accession number:
Acc.4792
Description:
embroidered square shirt, huipil
Donor:
Estate of George M. Foster and George M. Foster
Collection place:
Puebla city, Puebla, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Chamula Chiapas b'or Samoñego, Pue.
Production place:
Chiapas, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Chamula
Collector:
George M. Foster
Collection date:
March 21, 1946
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 19, 2015
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
donor stapled note: "Chamula Chiapas b'or Samoñego, Pue. 3/21/46" George McClelland Foster Papers, 1934-2005 (Bancroft Library BANC MSS 2007/103) Travel Itineraries March 21, 1946 (Puebla, Puebla. Is Samaniego the name of a store? Today there is a jewelry store in Puebla called Samaniego.) [(Mar. 20) at Puebla; (Mar. 21) D.F.] JS 03/21/16
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32022, described as embroidered square shirt, huipilHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32022, described as embroidered square shirt, huipilHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32022, described as embroidered square shirt, huipilHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32022, described as embroidered square shirt, huipil

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