Trousers, man's costume. Handspun white cotton, in plain weave on upper portion, and weft-warp open work on last 34 cm of lower leg. 4 cm horizontal tuck just above pattern weave. Overall length 98 cm.; center front and center back openings; open crotch.
Donor:
Crocker-Reid Fund
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Oaxaca (probably from the area of Choapan) att. by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg (9/84)
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection date:
May 1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trousers
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
September 12, 1902
Context of use:
The weft-warp open work technique only known from huipils from Choapan, Oaxaca (Zapotec). This piece is probably from the same area and should be assigned to Oaxaca State. Very valuable, rare piece, probably only one in existence. Alejandro de Avila Blomberg. Dated to "beginning of last century" by Mrs. Zelia Nuttall
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 99.06 centimeters, width 66.04 centimeters, and length 98 centimeters