Huipil

Museum number:
3-17596
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Accession number:
Acc.2137
Description:
Huipil; white cotton in plain all-over gauze and weft brocade; white on white; some embroidery in colored yarns around arm opening; 4 vertical pink bands of ribbon on garment
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Amusgo Indians
Collector:
Irmgard W. Johnson
Collection date:
March 1966
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Woven on back strap loom
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-17596, described as Huipil; white cotton in plain all-over gauze and weft brocade; white on white; some embroidery in colored yarns around arm opening; 4 vertical pink bands of ribbon on garment
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-17596, described as Huipil; white cotton in plain all-over gauze and weft brocade; white on white; some embroidery in colored yarns around arm opening; 4 vertical pink bands of ribbon on garment

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