Huipil

Museum number:
3-23528
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Accession number:
Acc.2393
Description:
Huipil; white cotton repp; top 2/3rds solid bands of thick cotton brocade, red with varicolored upright zigzags alternate with bands of animals; mano is possibly a tree design; 62.2 X 100.2cm wide.
Donor:
Mrs. Richard S. Robinson and Richard S. Robinson
Collection place:
Guatemala Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Virginia Wickenden
Collection date:
1923-1925
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23528, described as Huipil; white cotton repp; top 2/3rds solid bands of thick cotton brocade, red with varicolored upright zigzags alternate with bands of animals; mano is possibly a tree design; 62.2 X 100.2cm wide.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23528, described as Huipil; white cotton repp; top 2/3rds solid bands of thick cotton brocade, red with varicolored upright zigzags alternate with bands of animals; mano is possibly a tree design; 62.2 X 100.2cm wide.

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