Huipil

Museum number:
3-28814
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Huipil: White cotton, two piece seamed at center and sides except for neck slot and arm holes. Plain weave with heavy corded effect at shoulder, narrow band of multi-color embroidery around lower edge. Purple silk tassels at ends of neck slot front and back.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Hidalgo Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Yalalag, Zapotec
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
1949
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 81.28 centimeters and length 99.06 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight; attachments; rolled
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28814, described as Huipil: White cotton, two piece seamed at center and sides except for neck slot and arm holes. Plain weave with heavy corded effect at shoulder, narrow band of multi-color embroidery around lower edge. Purple silk tassels at ends of neck slot front and back.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28814, described as Huipil: White cotton, two piece seamed at center and sides except for neck slot and arm holes. Plain weave with heavy corded effect at shoulder, narrow band of multi-color embroidery around lower edge. Purple silk tassels at ends of neck slot front and back.

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