Handkerchief

Museum number:
3-28274
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030028274
Alternate number:
1335 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO 96 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO cat #)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
[ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Red ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 34 x 29 " Remarks: Human figure, bird, animal, geometric motives. See Fig. 109a,b, Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala, Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Handkerchiefs
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 84 centimeters and width 77 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Handkerchief, accession number 3-28274, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Red ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 34 x 29 " Remarks: Human figure, bird, animal, geometric motives. See Fig. 109a,b, Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handkerchief, accession number 3-28274, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Red ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 34 x 29 " Remarks: Human figure, bird, animal, geometric motives. See Fig. 109a,b, Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handkerchief, accession number 3-28274, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Red ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 34 x 29 " Remarks: Human figure, bird, animal, geometric motives. See Fig. 109a,b, Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handkerchief, accession number 3-28274, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Red ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 34 x 29 " Remarks: Human figure, bird, animal, geometric motives. See Fig. 109a,b, Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]

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