Rebozo

Museum number:
3-201
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Alternate number:
201 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Rebozo or mantilla. (Cotton, plain weave. Red with blue stripes. Warp ends form knotted fringe. Approximately 2m 40 cm long, 76 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rebozos
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 230 centimeters and width 76 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p. 125; references below. "Article probably used by ladinos of Huehuetenango" - Eisen 1902 "Probably purchased in Huehuetenango but 3-218 a similar piece was purchased in Comitancillo San Marcos OR Comitan, Chiapas Mexico
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rebozo, accession number 3-201, described as Rebozo or mantilla. (Cotton, plain weave. Red with blue stripes. Warp ends form knotted fringe. Approximately 2m 40 cm long, 76 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rebozo, accession number 3-201, described as Rebozo or mantilla. (Cotton, plain weave. Red with blue stripes. Warp ends form knotted fringe. Approximately 2m 40 cm long, 76 cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rebozo, accession number 3-201, described as Rebozo or mantilla. (Cotton, plain weave. Red with blue stripes. Warp ends form knotted fringe. Approximately 2m 40 cm long, 76 cm wide.)

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