Bed covering

Museum number:
3-39
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
39 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Bed covering (zabana); twill weave; cotton and wool; red, yellow, dark blue and green stripes; ends machine hemmed; approximately 1 m 32 cm wide, 2 m long
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bedcovers
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 132 centimeters and length 200 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library Remarks See acc envelope- blue silk is synthetic
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bed covering, accession number 3-39, described as Bed covering (zabana); twill weave; cotton and wool; red, yellow, dark blue and green stripes; ends machine hemmed; approximately 1 m 32 cm wide, 2 m longHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bed covering, accession number 3-39, described as Bed covering (zabana); twill weave; cotton and wool; red, yellow, dark blue and green stripes; ends machine hemmed; approximately 1 m 32 cm wide, 2 m long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bed covering, accession number 3-39, described as Bed covering (zabana); twill weave; cotton and wool; red, yellow, dark blue and green stripes; ends machine hemmed; approximately 1 m 32 cm wide, 2 m long

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