Petticoat

Museum number:
3-23120
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2248
Description:
Petticoat. Bleached muslin; hem decorated with floral pattern in eyelet embroidery in white commercial thread. Waist band extended to form waistband. Length 79 cm. Width at bottom 90 cm. Cf. 25-3483-92; 13-5867 and 13-6004-05. See field notes in accession envelope. “Fustan” means petticoat in Spanish. “Pik” means petticoat in Maya. Bleached muslin and eyelet embroidery. Context of use: 3-23120, 3-23121 or 3-23122 and 3-23124 comprise Yucatecan woman’s everyday dress.
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Yucatan; Merida
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
December 23, 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Petticoats (underskirts)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 81 centimeters and width 78 centimeters
Loans:
S1969-1970 #60: Gavilan College/Susan Weikel Palmer (November 20, 1969–November 24, 1969) and S1971-1972 #90: Susan Weikel Palmer (February 12, 1972–February 24, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Petticoat, accession number 3-23120, described as Petticoat. Bleached muslin; hem decorated with floral pattern in eyelet embroidery in white commercial thread. Waist band extended to form waistband. Length 79 cm. Width at bottom 90 cm. Cf. 25-3483-92; 13-5867 and 13-6004-05. See field notes in accession envelope. “Fustan” means petticoat in Spanish. “Pik” means petticoat in Maya. Bleached muslin and eyelet embroidery. Context of use: 3-23120, 3-23121 or 3-23122 and 3-23124 comprise Yucatecan woman’s everyday dress.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Petticoat, accession number 3-23120, described as Petticoat. Bleached muslin; hem decorated with floral pattern in eyelet embroidery in white commercial thread. Waist band extended to form waistband. Length 79 cm. Width at bottom 90 cm. Cf. 25-3483-92; 13-5867 and 13-6004-05. See field notes in accession envelope. “Fustan” means petticoat in Spanish. “Pik” means petticoat in Maya. Bleached muslin and eyelet embroidery. Context of use: 3-23120, 3-23121 or 3-23122 and 3-23124 comprise Yucatecan woman’s everyday dress.

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