Sleeves and band
- Museum number:
- 3-548a-c
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21030548a@2dc
- Alternate number:
- 22 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.172
- Description:
- Embroidered sleeves and band for chemise.
- Donor:
- Zelia Nuttall
- Collection place:
- Puebla, Mexico
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Mexico; Puebla
- Culture or time period:
- Mexican
- Collector:
- Zelia Nuttall
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 2.1 Daily Garb
- Accession date:
- 1905
- Context of use:
- According to Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, 1984, this embroidery seems to be of a type made and worn in a number of Nahuatl-speaking villages in the Valley of Puebla-Tlaxcala. This is one of the better quality, older pieces.
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
- Dimensions:
- b— length 33.5 centimeters, a— length 35 centimeters, c— length 25 centimeters, c— width 3 centimeters, a— width 11 centimeters, and b— width 11.5 centimeters
- Comment:
- L-3-4 Special needs: lightweight
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- Legacy documentation:
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