Huipil, child

Museum number:
3-82
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
82 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Child’s shirt or huipil; 3-82 plain and basket weaves; wool and cotton; multicolored stripes and checks; warp cut to form fringe at bottom; 28.5 cm long, 25 cm across bottom
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 25 centimeters and length 28.5 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. See also references below. See also 3-81
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, child, accession number 3-82, described as Child’s shirt or huipil; 3-82 plain and basket weaves; wool and cotton; multicolored stripes and checks; warp cut to form fringe at bottom; 28.5 cm long, 25 cm across bottomHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, child, accession number 3-82, described as Child’s shirt or huipil; 3-82 plain and basket weaves; wool and cotton; multicolored stripes and checks; warp cut to form fringe at bottom; 28.5 cm long, 25 cm across bottom
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, child, accession number 3-82, described as Child’s shirt or huipil; 3-82 plain and basket weaves; wool and cotton; multicolored stripes and checks; warp cut to form fringe at bottom; 28.5 cm long, 25 cm across bottom

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