Huipil

Museum number:
3-28121
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030028121
Alternate number:
1391 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO 105 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO cat #)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Blouse. Cotton. Gauze and plain weave bands, brocaded. White. Bird, chevron motives. 17 inches x 36 inches
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala Coban
Culture or time period:
Mayan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 91.44 centimeters and width 88.9 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28121, described as Blouse. Cotton. Gauze and plain weave bands, brocaded. White. Bird, chevron motives. 17 inches x 36 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28121, described as Blouse. Cotton. Gauze and plain weave bands, brocaded. White. Bird, chevron motives. 17 inches x 36 inchesDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28121, described as Blouse. Cotton. Gauze and plain weave bands, brocaded. White. Bird, chevron motives. 17 inches x 36 inches

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