Huipil

Museum number:
3-151
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
151 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s shirt (guipil). (White cotton. Basket weave. Overall brocade in many colors. One brocaded red band on each side. Appliqued in pink taffeta around neck. Approximately 72 cm long, 72 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Lucas Toliman, Solola, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (silk taffeta at neck)
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:
length 72 centimeters and width 72 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in Museum library. See acc. envelope. See also references below.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-151, described as Woman’s shirt (guipil). (White cotton. Basket weave. Overall brocade in many colors. One brocaded red band on each side. Appliqued in pink taffeta around neck. Approximately 72 cm long, 72 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-151, described as Woman’s shirt (guipil). (White cotton. Basket weave. Overall brocade in many colors. One brocaded red band on each side. Appliqued in pink taffeta around neck. Approximately 72 cm long, 72 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-151, described as Woman’s shirt (guipil). (White cotton. Basket weave. Overall brocade in many colors. One brocaded red band on each side. Appliqued in pink taffeta around neck. Approximately 72 cm long, 72 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-151, described as Woman’s shirt (guipil). (White cotton. Basket weave. Overall brocade in many colors. One brocaded red band on each side. Appliqued in pink taffeta around neck. Approximately 72 cm long, 72 cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-151, described as Woman’s shirt (guipil). (White cotton. Basket weave. Overall brocade in many colors. One brocaded red band on each side. Appliqued in pink taffeta around neck. Approximately 72 cm long, 72 cm wide.)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-151, described as Woman’s shirt (guipil). (White cotton. Basket weave. Overall brocade in many colors. One brocaded red band on each side. Appliqued in pink taffeta around neck. Approximately 72 cm long, 72 cm wide.)

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