Huipil

Museum number:
3-29914
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4193
Description:
Blouse; treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and hemmed by machine-stitching; joined front and back; head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace and satin cloth; geometric designs, birds; 81 cm X 99 cm.
Donor:
Penelope Cooper
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Marcos; San Pedro Sacatepequez
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Penelope Cooper
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29914, described as Blouse; treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and hemmed by machine-stitching; joined front and back; head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace and satin cloth; geometric designs, birds; 81 cm X 99 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29914, described as Blouse; treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and hemmed by machine-stitching; joined front and back; head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace and satin cloth; geometric designs, birds; 81 cm X 99 cm.

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