Huipil

Museum number:
3-145
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Alternate number:
145 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Guipil (Brown cotton with some white weft stripes. Brocaded in red and orange cotton. Dark blue applique work at neck.) For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder. For the color pink the fiber is silk and the dye result is probable synthetic.
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, El Quiche, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Alizarin (natural colorant), Cotton (textile), Ivory (material), Silk, and Weft [reassign]
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
See Eisen archives in Museum library. See also references below. See acc. Envelope. Had been mislabeled 3-143. Now relabeled
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-145, described as Guipil (Brown cotton with some white weft stripes. Brocaded in red and orange cotton. Dark blue applique work at neck.) For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder. For the color pink the fiber is silk and the dye result is probable synthetic.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-145, described as Guipil (Brown cotton with some white weft stripes. Brocaded in red and orange cotton. Dark blue applique work at neck.) For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder. For the color pink the fiber is silk and the dye result is probable synthetic.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-145, described as Guipil (Brown cotton with some white weft stripes. Brocaded in red and orange cotton. Dark blue applique work at neck.) For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder. For the color pink the fiber is silk and the dye result is probable synthetic.

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