Blouse

Museum number:
3-27818
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3339
Description:
Blouse, woman's. White cotton cloth with red and black decorated portion in upper half, dots of green and yellow.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Tzotzil village of San Andres Larrainzar near San Cristobal,
Culture or time period:
Tzotzil people
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection date:
August 1977
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Context of use:
Woman's everyday blouse. Larrainzar blouses are always recognizable by the black zigzags in the pattern. Paid 495 pesos for it. ($21.80)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 63 centimeters, width 85 centimeters, width 88.9 centimeters, length 66.04 centimeters, and width 85 centimeters
Comment:
L-4-15 Special needs: lightweight MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: All commercial cotton yarn but hand loomed. Decorated portion done in brocade. CONTEXT OF USE: Woman's everyday blouse. Larrainzar blouses are always recognizable by the black zigzags in the pattern. Paid 495 pesos for it ($21.80)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-27818, described as Blouse, woman's. White cotton cloth with red and black decorated portion in upper half, dots of green and yellow.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-27818, described as Blouse, woman's. White cotton cloth with red and black decorated portion in upper half, dots of green and yellow.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-27818, described as Blouse, woman's. White cotton cloth with red and black decorated portion in upper half, dots of green and yellow.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-27818, described as Blouse, woman's. White cotton cloth with red and black decorated portion in upper half, dots of green and yellow.

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