Huipil

Museum number:
3-17
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Alternate number:
17 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’ shirt (huipil); white cotton; brocaded with red and yellow; stitched in dark blue; appliqued in dark blue ribbon; approximately 78 cm long, 96 cm wide For the color red the fiber is silk and the dye result is cochineal
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Taxon:
Dactylopius coccus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 96 centimeters and length 78 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-17, described as Woman’ shirt (huipil); white cotton; brocaded with red and yellow; stitched in dark blue; appliqued in dark blue ribbon; approximately 78 cm long, 96 cm wide For the color red the fiber is silk and the dye result is cochinealHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-17, described as Woman’ shirt (huipil); white cotton; brocaded with red and yellow; stitched in dark blue; appliqued in dark blue ribbon; approximately 78 cm long, 96 cm wide For the color red the fiber is silk and the dye result is cochinealHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-17, described as Woman’ shirt (huipil); white cotton; brocaded with red and yellow; stitched in dark blue; appliqued in dark blue ribbon; approximately 78 cm long, 96 cm wide For the color red the fiber is silk and the dye result is cochineal
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-17, described as Woman’ shirt (huipil); white cotton; brocaded with red and yellow; stitched in dark blue; appliqued in dark blue ribbon; approximately 78 cm long, 96 cm wide For the color red the fiber is silk and the dye result is cochineal

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