Sarape

Museum number:
3-214
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
214 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s zarape (Cotton, basketweave. Stripes of dark blue, white, red, yellow, and green. Two pieces of material stitched together lengthwise. Warp forms long fringe on one end. 1m 66 cm long + 14 cm fringe 1 m 7 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Aguacatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Aguacatan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Awakateko and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarapes
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 102 centimeters and width 175 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p.110 Schevill; see references below.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sarape, accession number 3-214, described as Woman’s zarape (Cotton, basketweave. Stripes of dark blue, white, red, yellow, and green. Two pieces of material stitched together lengthwise. Warp forms long fringe on one end. 1m 66 cm long + 14 cm fringe 1 m 7 cm wide.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sarape, accession number 3-214, described as Woman’s zarape (Cotton, basketweave. Stripes of dark blue, white, red, yellow, and green. Two pieces of material stitched together lengthwise. Warp forms long fringe on one end. 1m 66 cm long + 14 cm fringe 1 m 7 cm wide.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sarape, accession number 3-214, described as Woman’s zarape (Cotton, basketweave. Stripes of dark blue, white, red, yellow, and green. Two pieces of material stitched together lengthwise. Warp forms long fringe on one end. 1m 66 cm long + 14 cm fringe 1 m 7 cm wide.)

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