Sarape

Museum number:
3-213
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Alternate number:
213 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Man’s zarape (Cotton basketweave dark and light blue stripes. Cut warp is fringe on ends. 2 strips of fabric stitched together lengthwise. 1m 60 cm long, 80 cm wide).
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Nebaj, El Quiche, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Ixil and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarapes
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 154 centimeters and width 78 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p. 98 Schevill and O'Neale for comments about identity of this item; see references below.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sarape, accession number 3-213, described as Man’s zarape (Cotton basketweave dark and light blue stripes. Cut warp is fringe on ends. 2 strips of fabric stitched together lengthwise. 1m 60 cm long, 80 cm wide).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sarape, accession number 3-213, described as Man’s zarape (Cotton basketweave dark and light blue stripes. Cut warp is fringe on ends. 2 strips of fabric stitched together lengthwise. 1m 60 cm long, 80 cm wide).

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