Huipil fragment

Museum number:
3-28018
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1900 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO 78 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO cat #)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Huipil fragment Materials: cotton, a little silk Techniques: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimension: 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 irregular “Oldest type and finest” Guatemala, San Antonio/ Aguas Calientes
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Culture or time period:
Mayan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk (plain, brocaded, cotton)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 9.5 inches and width 4.25 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil fragment, accession number 3-28018, described as Huipil fragment Materials: cotton, a little silk Techniques: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimension: 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 irregular “Oldest type and finest” Guatemala, San Antonio/ Aguas CalientesHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil fragment, accession number 3-28018, described as Huipil fragment Materials: cotton, a little silk Techniques: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimension: 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 irregular “Oldest type and finest” Guatemala, San Antonio/ Aguas CalientesHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil fragment, accession number 3-28018, described as Huipil fragment Materials: cotton, a little silk Techniques: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimension: 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 irregular “Oldest type and finest” Guatemala, San Antonio/ Aguas Calientes
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil fragment, accession number 3-28018, described as Huipil fragment Materials: cotton, a little silk Techniques: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimension: 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 irregular “Oldest type and finest” Guatemala, San Antonio/ Aguas CalientesDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil fragment, accession number 3-28018, described as Huipil fragment Materials: cotton, a little silk Techniques: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimension: 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 irregular “Oldest type and finest” Guatemala, San Antonio/ Aguas CalientesDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil fragment, accession number 3-28018, described as Huipil fragment Materials: cotton, a little silk Techniques: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimension: 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 irregular “Oldest type and finest” Guatemala, San Antonio/ Aguas CalientesDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil fragment, accession number 3-28018, described as Huipil fragment Materials: cotton, a little silk Techniques: plain weave, brocaded Colors: white ground, varicolored designs Dimension: 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 irregular “Oldest type and finest” Guatemala, San Antonio/ Aguas Calientes

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