Shirt

Museum number:
3-28255
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3494 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Huanengo (Huipil). Materials: Plain weave cotton, wool yarn. Techniques: Sewing, embroidery. Colors: Natural cotton. Multicolor wool emb. Dimensions: 22 2/4", 17 3/4" long. Remarks: Short huipil, slit neck emphasised with cross-stitch embroidery. Garment is simply a single piece of cloth folded to make shoulders, hemmed up selvedges to bottom of armhole. Bottom unhemmed, good condition.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
MEXICO: Orizaba
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Shirts (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 57 centimeters and length 45 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shirt, accession number 3-28255, described as Huanengo (Huipil). Materials: Plain weave cotton, wool yarn. Techniques: Sewing, embroidery. Colors: Natural cotton. Multicolor wool emb. Dimensions: 22 2/4", 17 3/4" long. Remarks: Short huipil, slit neck emphasised with cross-stitch embroidery. Garment is simply a single piece of cloth folded to make shoulders, hemmed up selvedges to bottom of armhole. Bottom unhemmed, good condition.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shirt, accession number 3-28255, described as Huanengo (Huipil). Materials: Plain weave cotton, wool yarn. Techniques: Sewing, embroidery. Colors: Natural cotton. Multicolor wool emb. Dimensions: 22 2/4", 17 3/4" long. Remarks: Short huipil, slit neck emphasised with cross-stitch embroidery. Garment is simply a single piece of cloth folded to make shoulders, hemmed up selvedges to bottom of armhole. Bottom unhemmed, good condition.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 3-28255, described as Huanengo (Huipil). Materials: Plain weave cotton, wool yarn. Techniques: Sewing, embroidery. Colors: Natural cotton. Multicolor wool emb. Dimensions: 22 2/4", 17 3/4" long. Remarks: Short huipil, slit neck emphasised with cross-stitch embroidery. Garment is simply a single piece of cloth folded to make shoulders, hemmed up selvedges to bottom of armhole. Bottom unhemmed, good condition.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 3-28255, described as Huanengo (Huipil). Materials: Plain weave cotton, wool yarn. Techniques: Sewing, embroidery. Colors: Natural cotton. Multicolor wool emb. Dimensions: 22 2/4", 17 3/4" long. Remarks: Short huipil, slit neck emphasised with cross-stitch embroidery. Garment is simply a single piece of cloth folded to make shoulders, hemmed up selvedges to bottom of armhole. Bottom unhemmed, good condition.

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