Huipil

Museum number:
3-23456
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2393
Description:
One part of a two-width huipil; white cotton warp face; upper two-thirds brocaded in bands of purple cotton with three stripes purple-yellow-purple, repeated between; band of red and blue brocade at bottom; mano a heavier brocade band; 43.2 x 77.5 cm. A note pinned to it read:"San Pedro Sacatepequez, San Marcos; often worn in San Antonio (Sacatepequez)." Neither specimen fits any description of the huipil of either San Pedro or San Antonio.
Donor:
Mrs. Richard S. Robinson and Richard S. Robinson
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, 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 titled Huipil, accession number 3-23456, described as One part of a two-width huipil; white cotton warp face; upper two-thirds brocaded in bands of purple cotton with three stripes purple-yellow-purple, repeated between; band of red and blue brocade at bottom; mano a heavier brocade band; 43.2 x 77.5 cm. A note pinned to it read:"San Pedro Sacatepequez, San Marcos; often worn in San Antonio (Sacatepequez)." Neither specimen fits any description of the huipil of either San Pedro or San Antonio.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23456, described as One part of a two-width huipil; white cotton warp face; upper two-thirds brocaded in bands of purple cotton with three stripes purple-yellow-purple, repeated between; band of red and blue brocade at bottom; mano a heavier brocade band; 43.2 x 77.5 cm. A note pinned to it read:"San Pedro Sacatepequez, San Marcos; often worn in San Antonio (Sacatepequez)." Neither specimen fits any description of the huipil of either San Pedro or San Antonio.

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