Huipil

Museum number:
3-23545
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Accession number:
Acc.2393
Description:
Huipil (?); white cotton double plain weave; bands of varicolored wool and silk brocade birds alternate with bands of weft stripes; center wefts red; 1 band of free-standing brocade animals at one end; 50.8 x 106.7 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Richard S. Robinson and Richard S. Robinson
Collection place:
Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Virginia Wickenden
Collection date:
1923-1925
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Photo: 25-7339
Loans:
S1971-1972 #20: Club Juventad (September 30, 1971–October 13, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23545, described as Huipil (?); white cotton double plain weave; bands of varicolored wool and silk brocade birds alternate with bands of weft stripes; center wefts red; 1 band of free-standing brocade animals at one end; 50.8 x 106.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23545, described as Huipil (?); white cotton double plain weave; bands of varicolored wool and silk brocade birds alternate with bands of weft stripes; center wefts red; 1 band of free-standing brocade animals at one end; 50.8 x 106.7 cm.

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