Serape

Museum number:
3-15992
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
549 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Serape. Wool, cotton. With fringes. Tapestry weave, macrame fringes. Purple, brown ground with white dots. Brown red, cream, and blue medallion and borders. 41.5 inches by 86 inches including fringes.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Oaxaca
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarapes
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 104.14 centimeters and width 200.66 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: heavy; rolled
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Serape, accession number 3-15992, described as Serape. Wool, cotton. With fringes. Tapestry weave, macrame fringes. Purple, brown ground with white dots. Brown red, cream, and blue medallion and borders. 41.5 inches by 86 inches including fringes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Serape, accession number 3-15992, described as Serape. Wool, cotton. With fringes. Tapestry weave, macrame fringes. Purple, brown ground with white dots. Brown red, cream, and blue medallion and borders. 41.5 inches by 86 inches including fringes.

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