Huipil

Museum number:
3-43
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030000043
Alternate number:
43 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Guipil" of woman; white cotton; basket weave; upper portion twill weave, red dark blue and yellow stripes, some ikat stripes; red and yellow silk embroidery around neck on seams; approximately 1 m 23 cm wide, 1 m 13 cm long
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Quezaltenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 113 centimeters and width 123 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library made on draw loom
Loans:
S1974-1975 #1: Beatriz Lopez-Wilcox (July 3, 1974–July 8, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-43, described as Guipil" of woman; white cotton; basket weave; upper portion twill weave, red dark blue and yellow stripes, some ikat stripes; red and yellow silk embroidery around neck on seams; approximately 1 m 23 cm wide, 1 m 13 cm longHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-43, described as Guipil" of woman; white cotton; basket weave; upper portion twill weave, red dark blue and yellow stripes, some ikat stripes; red and yellow silk embroidery around neck on seams; approximately 1 m 23 cm wide, 1 m 13 cm longHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-43, described as Guipil" of woman; white cotton; basket weave; upper portion twill weave, red dark blue and yellow stripes, some ikat stripes; red and yellow silk embroidery around neck on seams; approximately 1 m 23 cm wide, 1 m 13 cm long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-43, described as Guipil" of woman; white cotton; basket weave; upper portion twill weave, red dark blue and yellow stripes, some ikat stripes; red and yellow silk embroidery around neck on seams; approximately 1 m 23 cm wide, 1 m 13 cm long

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