Huipil

Museum number:
3-27249
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030027249
Accession number:
Acc.3057
Description:
Huipil blouse, multicolored embroidery L. 50cm. Native name: huipil. Context of use: Part of woman's costume -- 3-27248-53.
Donor:
Robert Miller
Collection place:
Michoacán, Mexico, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Michoacan
Culture or time period:
Purépecha
Collector:
Alma Capen and Robert Miller
Collection date:
1940s
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 60 centimeters and length 50 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-27249, described as Huipil blouse, multicolored embroidery L. 50cm. Native name: huipil. Context of use: Part of woman's costume -- 3-27248-53.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-27249, described as Huipil blouse, multicolored embroidery L. 50cm. Native name: huipil. Context of use: Part of woman's costume -- 3-27248-53.

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