Woman's costume, (a) huipil - [card: handwritten "Magdalenas (Tzotzil)"]; (b) skirt - [card: hand written "is not from Magdalenas but probably from Central Mexico"]; (c) sash [card: hand written "men's sash from Magdalenas"]
Donor:
Crocker-Reid Fund
Collection place:
Magdalenas, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Chiapas
Culture or time period:
Tzotzil people
Collector:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection date:
May 1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sashes (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
September 12, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 217 centimeters and width 19.5 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Loans:
S1983-1984 #25: The Science Museum of Minnesota (October 31, 1983–August 10, 1985) and S1985-1986 #4: The Textile Museum (August 10, 1985–January 10, 1986)