Serape

Museum number:
3-27261
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3057
Description:
Rebozo; double-woven cotton in black and coral. Stylized flowers in vertical pattern. Elaborate macrame fringe. 166 x 55 cm. without fringe. Native name and meaning: Rebozo: woman's head covering. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *From the area of Ismiquilpan, Hidalgo (Otomi-speaking). Traditionally, tortilla bags ('costales') were woven of wool in the double-cloth technique; in the 1950's, coarsely make bags, napkins and rebozos like this piece began to be made out of mercerized cotton. - Alejandro de Avila Blomberg.
Donor:
Robert Miller
Collection place:
Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Hildalgo
Culture or time period:
Otomi
Collector:
Alma Capen and Robert Miller
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarapes
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 55 centimeters and length 234 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Serape, accession number 3-27261, described as Rebozo; double-woven cotton in black and coral. Stylized flowers in vertical pattern. Elaborate macrame fringe. 166 x 55 cm. without fringe. Native name and meaning: Rebozo: woman's head covering. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *From the area of Ismiquilpan, Hidalgo (Otomi-speaking). Traditionally, tortilla bags ('costales') were woven of wool in the double-cloth technique; in the 1950's, coarsely make bags, napkins and rebozos like this piece began to be made out of mercerized cotton. - Alejandro de Avila Blomberg.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Serape, accession number 3-27261, described as Rebozo; double-woven cotton in black and coral. Stylized flowers in vertical pattern. Elaborate macrame fringe. 166 x 55 cm. without fringe. Native name and meaning: Rebozo: woman's head covering. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *From the area of Ismiquilpan, Hidalgo (Otomi-speaking). Traditionally, tortilla bags ('costales') were woven of wool in the double-cloth technique; in the 1950's, coarsely make bags, napkins and rebozos like this piece began to be made out of mercerized cotton. - Alejandro de Avila Blomberg.

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