Huipil

Museum number:
3-16422
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030016422
Accession number:
Acc.1960
Description:
Huipil; 4 widths unbleached muslin; row-on-row of varicolored silk embroidery around neck; floral motifs; 38 x 46 1/2 inches
Donor:
Kathleen Morehouse
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; probably San Christobal Totonicapan
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Emma Lang Morehouse and Herbert Harrison Morehouse
Collection date:
1890-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-16422, described as Huipil; 4 widths unbleached muslin; row-on-row of varicolored silk embroidery around neck; floral motifs; 38 x 46 1/2 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-16422, described as Huipil; 4 widths unbleached muslin; row-on-row of varicolored silk embroidery around neck; floral motifs; 38 x 46 1/2 inches

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