Shawl

Museum number:
3-27783
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3303
Description:
Cape; white gauze-like cotton square partially bordered on two sides with red synthetic material; two deer (one red, one blue), two birds, other designs in varicolored cross-stitch embroidery; signed "Bashlao (Basilio) Sanchez"; embroidered curvilinear and geometric border in red and blue edges on edges adjacent to red material; overall 78 x 75.5 cm.
Donor:
Alfredo Higareda Magana
Collection place:
San Sebastián del Oeste village, Jalisco state, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Jalisco; San Sebastian village; Huichol
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Collector:
Alfredo Higareda Magana
Collection date:
1977
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 77 centimeters and length 72.5 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 3-27783, described as Cape; white gauze-like cotton square partially bordered on two sides with red synthetic material; two deer (one red, one blue), two birds, other designs in varicolored cross-stitch embroidery; signed "Bashlao (Basilio) Sanchez"; embroidered curvilinear and geometric border in red and blue edges on edges adjacent to red material; overall 78 x 75.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 3-27783, described as Cape; white gauze-like cotton square partially bordered on two sides with red synthetic material; two deer (one red, one blue), two birds, other designs in varicolored cross-stitch embroidery; signed "Bashlao (Basilio) Sanchez"; embroidered curvilinear and geometric border in red and blue edges on edges adjacent to red material; overall 78 x 75.5 cm.

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