Perraje

Museum number:
3-63
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
63 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s shawl (perraje); cotton and silk; plain weave; stripes with ikat designs; one says “Isidro Tzunun”; cut warps forms fringe at bottom; approximately 56 cm wide, 78 cm long
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 56 centimeters and length 78 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Perraje, accession number 3-63, described as Woman’s shawl (perraje); cotton and silk; plain weave; stripes with ikat designs; one says “Isidro Tzunun”; cut warps forms fringe at bottom; approximately 56 cm wide, 78 cm longHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Perraje, accession number 3-63, described as Woman’s shawl (perraje); cotton and silk; plain weave; stripes with ikat designs; one says “Isidro Tzunun”; cut warps forms fringe at bottom; approximately 56 cm wide, 78 cm long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Perraje, accession number 3-63, described as Woman’s shawl (perraje); cotton and silk; plain weave; stripes with ikat designs; one says “Isidro Tzunun”; cut warps forms fringe at bottom; approximately 56 cm wide, 78 cm long

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