Woman’s shirt or huipil; off-white plain weave cotton with red, orange and green vertical stripes and brocaded horizontal stripes at shoulder area; lower 10 cm in back basket weave; “collar” of white commercial cotton, appliqued; 95 cm long, 104 cm across bottom Remarks: Fabric almost identical to cuff and collar of 3-114
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Todos Santos, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam 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 98 centimeters and width 98 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. See acc. envelope. See also references below
Loans:
S1974-1975 #1: Beatriz Lopez-Wilcox (July 3, 1974–July 8, 1974) and S1975-1976 #2: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (August 4, 1975–February 4, 1976)