Huipil

Museum number:
3-199
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Alternate number:
199 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s garment or guipil. (Gauzy white cotton, plain weave. Short guipil. Triangularly pointed hemline. Applique around neckline of red cotton. Rest of garment machine sewn. 51 cm long, 65 cm across hem.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Aguacatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Aguacatan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Awakateko and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 63 centimeters and length 50 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p. 105; references below
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-199, described as Woman’s garment or guipil. (Gauzy white cotton, plain weave. Short guipil. Triangularly pointed hemline. Applique around neckline of red cotton. Rest of garment machine sewn. 51 cm long, 65 cm across hem.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-199, described as Woman’s garment or guipil. (Gauzy white cotton, plain weave. Short guipil. Triangularly pointed hemline. Applique around neckline of red cotton. Rest of garment machine sewn. 51 cm long, 65 cm across hem.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-199, described as Woman’s garment or guipil. (Gauzy white cotton, plain weave. Short guipil. Triangularly pointed hemline. Applique around neckline of red cotton. Rest of garment machine sewn. 51 cm long, 65 cm across hem.)

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