Huipil

Museum number:
3-240
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Alternate number:
240 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Huipil (off-white cotton, plain and basket weaves. Brocaded in multicolored cotton and wool designs. Approximately 55 cm long, 84 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Martín Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Martín Jilotepeque (att ), Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (" cotton and wool designs" per cat card. )
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 56 centimeters and width 82 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p. 78 Schevill; see references below.
Loans:
S1993-1994 #4: Blackhawk Museums (August 31, 1993–March 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-240, described as Huipil (off-white cotton, plain and basket weaves. Brocaded in multicolored cotton and wool designs. Approximately 55 cm long, 84 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-240, described as Huipil (off-white cotton, plain and basket weaves. Brocaded in multicolored cotton and wool designs. Approximately 55 cm long, 84 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-240, described as Huipil (off-white cotton, plain and basket weaves. Brocaded in multicolored cotton and wool designs. Approximately 55 cm long, 84 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-240, described as Huipil (off-white cotton, plain and basket weaves. Brocaded in multicolored cotton and wool designs. Approximately 55 cm long, 84 cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-240, described as Huipil (off-white cotton, plain and basket weaves. Brocaded in multicolored cotton and wool designs. Approximately 55 cm long, 84 cm wide.)

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