Huipil

Museum number:
3-37
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
37 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s garment (huipil); white cotton, plain weave; upper part brown cotton, plain and twill weaves with multicolored brocade in cotton and silk; neck bound with fabric and embroidered; approximately 93 cm wide, 1 m long
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
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 100 centimeters and width 93 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum. Remarks See acc envelope- blue silk is synthetic
Loans:
S1975-1976 #2: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (August 4, 1975–February 4, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-37, described as Woman’s garment (huipil); white cotton, plain weave; upper part brown cotton, plain and twill weaves with multicolored brocade in cotton and silk; neck bound with fabric and embroidered; approximately 93 cm wide, 1 m longHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-37, described as Woman’s garment (huipil); white cotton, plain weave; upper part brown cotton, plain and twill weaves with multicolored brocade in cotton and silk; neck bound with fabric and embroidered; approximately 93 cm wide, 1 m longHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-37, described as Woman’s garment (huipil); white cotton, plain weave; upper part brown cotton, plain and twill weaves with multicolored brocade in cotton and silk; neck bound with fabric and embroidered; approximately 93 cm wide, 1 m longHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-37, described as Woman’s garment (huipil); white cotton, plain weave; upper part brown cotton, plain and twill weaves with multicolored brocade in cotton and silk; neck bound with fabric and embroidered; approximately 93 cm wide, 1 m long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-37, described as Woman’s garment (huipil); white cotton, plain weave; upper part brown cotton, plain and twill weaves with multicolored brocade in cotton and silk; neck bound with fabric and embroidered; approximately 93 cm wide, 1 m long

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