Apron

Museum number:
3-177
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
177 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s apron or delantal. (Red cotton, plain and twill weaves. Dark blue, ikat stripes, twilled. Also green, yellow, and white twilled stripes. Waistband yellow brocaded red cotton not seen from the outside. Tucked to apron. Machine stitched. 80 cm long, 78 cm across bottom.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Aprons (protective wear)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 77.5 centimeters and length 77 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p.113 ; references below
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Apron, accession number 3-177, described as Woman’s apron or delantal. (Red cotton, plain and twill weaves. Dark blue, ikat stripes, twilled. Also green, yellow, and white twilled stripes. Waistband yellow brocaded red cotton not seen from the outside. Tucked to apron. Machine stitched. 80 cm long, 78 cm across bottom.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Apron, accession number 3-177, described as Woman’s apron or delantal. (Red cotton, plain and twill weaves. Dark blue, ikat stripes, twilled. Also green, yellow, and white twilled stripes. Waistband yellow brocaded red cotton not seen from the outside. Tucked to apron. Machine stitched. 80 cm long, 78 cm across bottom.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 3-177, described as Woman’s apron or delantal. (Red cotton, plain and twill weaves. Dark blue, ikat stripes, twilled. Also green, yellow, and white twilled stripes. Waistband yellow brocaded red cotton not seen from the outside. Tucked to apron. Machine stitched. 80 cm long, 78 cm across bottom.)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 3-177, described as Woman’s apron or delantal. (Red cotton, plain and twill weaves. Dark blue, ikat stripes, twilled. Also green, yellow, and white twilled stripes. Waistband yellow brocaded red cotton not seen from the outside. Tucked to apron. Machine stitched. 80 cm long, 78 cm across bottom.)

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