Apron

Museum number:
3-23202
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2252
Description:
Apron. Rectangle of commercial cotton cloth with blue and white ticking. 68.5 cm by 110.5 cm. Tie strings made of same material sewn onto upper corners. Commercial cotton cloth with ties. Worn by men to protect their white trousers. Now falling into disuse. See 25-3493-94 and 13-6006-07. See field notes in accession envelope. “Delantal” means apron in Spanish. “K’ax nak” means tie stomach in Maya. From Piste in Eastern Yucatan.
Donor:
Francisco Burgos-Cen and Family
Collection place:
Pisté, Tinum Municipality, Yucatán
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Eastern Yucatán; Pisté
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
January 2, 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Aprons (protective wear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 69 centimeters and length 108 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 3-23202, described as Apron. Rectangle of commercial cotton cloth with blue and white ticking. 68.5 cm by 110.5 cm. Tie strings made of same material sewn onto upper corners. Commercial cotton cloth with ties. Worn by men to protect their white trousers. Now falling into disuse. See 25-3493-94 and 13-6006-07. See field notes in accession envelope. “Delantal” means apron in Spanish. “K’ax nak” means tie stomach in Maya. From Piste in Eastern Yucatan.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 3-23202, described as Apron. Rectangle of commercial cotton cloth with blue and white ticking. 68.5 cm by 110.5 cm. Tie strings made of same material sewn onto upper corners. Commercial cotton cloth with ties. Worn by men to protect their white trousers. Now falling into disuse. See 25-3493-94 and 13-6006-07. See field notes in accession envelope. “Delantal” means apron in Spanish. “K’ax nak” means tie stomach in Maya. From Piste in Eastern Yucatan.

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