Huipil

Museum number:
3-27819
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Accession number:
Acc.3339
Description:
Huipil: Woman's white cotton cloth with red vertical stripes. Embroidered decoration in orange and magenta near the neck.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Oxchuc, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Tzeltal village of Oxchuc near San Cristobal,
Culture or time period:
Tzeltal people
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection date:
August 1977
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Context of use:
Woman's everyday dress
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 100 centimeters and length 83 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: All commercial cotton yarn but hand loomed and embroidered.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-27819, described as Huipil: Woman's white cotton cloth with red vertical stripes. Embroidered decoration in orange and magenta near the neck.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-27819, described as Huipil: Woman's white cotton cloth with red vertical stripes. Embroidered decoration in orange and magenta near the neck.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-27819, described as Huipil: Woman's white cotton cloth with red vertical stripes. Embroidered decoration in orange and magenta near the neck.

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