Huipil

Museum number:
3-28078
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
801 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
[ cat card Description: two widths sewn together blouse Materials: cotton Technique: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimensions: 35" x 25 1/2" Remarks: geometric motives labeled San Martin ]
Donor:
Albert M. Bender and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mayan
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 66 centimeters and width 88 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight (huipil labeled San Martin- ?? in the style of San Martin Jilotepeque- kc)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-28078, described as [ cat card Description: two widths sewn together blouse Materials: cotton Technique: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimensions: 35" x 25 1/2" Remarks: geometric motives labeled San Martin ]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-28078, described as [ cat card Description: two widths sewn together blouse Materials: cotton Technique: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimensions: 35" x 25 1/2" Remarks: geometric motives labeled San Martin ]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28078, described as [ cat card Description: two widths sewn together blouse Materials: cotton Technique: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimensions: 35" x 25 1/2" Remarks: geometric motives labeled San Martin ]

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