Woman’s shirt (huipil); white cotton; plain weave; upper portion green cotton, basket weave; sewn to lower portion; multicolored brocading in silk, cotton and wool; approximately 1 m wide, 1 m 18 cm long
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk, Weft [reassign], and Wool (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:
width 118 centimeters and length 100 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. Also see references below for discussion