Skirt

Museum number:
3-187
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
187 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s skirt or enagua. (Red cotton, plain weave with yellow and ikat stripes. 96 cm wide, stitched together in a continuous band. Approximately 3m 34 cm long.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Pedro Soloma, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Soloma, Huehuetenangot, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Chuj and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 95 centimeters and length 345 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p. 116; references below
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Skirt, accession number 3-187, described as Woman’s skirt or enagua. (Red cotton, plain weave with yellow and ikat stripes. 96 cm wide, stitched together in a continuous band. Approximately 3m 34 cm long.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Skirt, accession number 3-187, described as Woman’s skirt or enagua. (Red cotton, plain weave with yellow and ikat stripes. 96 cm wide, stitched together in a continuous band. Approximately 3m 34 cm long.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-187, described as Woman’s skirt or enagua. (Red cotton, plain weave with yellow and ikat stripes. 96 cm wide, stitched together in a continuous band. Approximately 3m 34 cm long.)

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