Huipil

Museum number:
3-19
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
19 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
[ cat card Description: "Guipil cloth; red cotton with green, yellow and white stripes and brocade; fringe of warp at one end; woven at end; approximately 51 cm wide and 1 m 92 cm long"]
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Concepcion Chiquirichapa, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Concepcion near Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 190 centimeters and width 52 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-19, described as [ cat card Description: "Guipil cloth; red cotton with green, yellow and white stripes and brocade; fringe of warp at one end; woven at end; approximately 51 cm wide and 1 m 92 cm long"]Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-19, described as [ cat card Description: "Guipil cloth; red cotton with green, yellow and white stripes and brocade; fringe of warp at one end; woven at end; approximately 51 cm wide and 1 m 92 cm long"]Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-19, described as [ cat card Description: "Guipil cloth; red cotton with green, yellow and white stripes and brocade; fringe of warp at one end; woven at end; approximately 51 cm wide and 1 m 92 cm long"]Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-19, described as [ cat card Description: "Guipil cloth; red cotton with green, yellow and white stripes and brocade; fringe of warp at one end; woven at end; approximately 51 cm wide and 1 m 92 cm long"]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-19, described as [ cat card Description: "Guipil cloth; red cotton with green, yellow and white stripes and brocade; fringe of warp at one end; woven at end; approximately 51 cm wide and 1 m 92 cm long"]

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