Huipil

Museum number:
3-23495a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2393
Description:
Huipil: two widths unassembled; white cotton warp face; narrow red warp stripes; cotton brocade across rows of free-standing geometric figures based on triangular forms in red, orange, and green; a) 66 x 88.9 cm width; b) 66 x 95.2 cm width.
Donor:
Mrs. Richard S. Robinson and Richard S. Robinson
Collection place:
Sacatepequez Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Virginia Wickenden
Collection date:
1923-1925
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-23495a,b, described as Huipil: two widths unassembled; white cotton warp face; narrow red warp stripes; cotton brocade across rows of free-standing geometric figures based on triangular forms in red, orange, and green; a) 66 x 88.9 cm width; b) 66 x 95.2 cm width.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-23495a,b, described as Huipil: two widths unassembled; white cotton warp face; narrow red warp stripes; cotton brocade across rows of free-standing geometric figures based on triangular forms in red, orange, and green; a) 66 x 88.9 cm width; b) 66 x 95.2 cm width.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23495a,b, described as Huipil: two widths unassembled; white cotton warp face; narrow red warp stripes; cotton brocade across rows of free-standing geometric figures based on triangular forms in red, orange, and green; a) 66 x 88.9 cm width; b) 66 x 95.2 cm width.

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