Toalla

Museum number:
3-188
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
188 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Toalla used by woman for wrapping tortillas. (White cotton twill, basketweave and brocade weaves. Red, dark blue, yellow and green stripes and designs. Short fringe on ends. 89 cm long, 86 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 86 centimeters and length 104 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p. 118; references below
Loans:
S2010-2011 #6: Hearst Art Gallery (Saint Mary's College) (April 10, 2011–June 22, 2011)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Toalla, accession number 3-188, described as Toalla used by woman for wrapping tortillas. (White cotton twill, basketweave and brocade weaves. Red, dark blue, yellow and green stripes and designs. Short fringe on ends. 89 cm long, 86 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Toalla, accession number 3-188, described as Toalla used by woman for wrapping tortillas. (White cotton twill, basketweave and brocade weaves. Red, dark blue, yellow and green stripes and designs. Short fringe on ends. 89 cm long, 86 cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toalla, accession number 3-188, described as Toalla used by woman for wrapping tortillas. (White cotton twill, basketweave and brocade weaves. Red, dark blue, yellow and green stripes and designs. Short fringe on ends. 89 cm long, 86 cm wide.)

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