Huipil

Museum number:
3-27255
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3057
Description:
Huipil, brocaded and embroidered multicolored bands on white, blue zigzag sewn to neck L. 87 cm. Context of use: Part of woman's costume, --3-27254-55. Attributed b donor to Amuzgo of Oaxaca but really comes from Guerrero. See Cordry, Mexican Indian Costumes p. 317 for Guerrero and 318 for Oaxaca and text p. 317. Information supplied by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg in 1984 and verified by B. Busch in 1991.
Donor:
Robert Miller
Collection place:
Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Alma Capen and Robert Miller
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-27255, described as Huipil, brocaded and embroidered multicolored bands on white, blue zigzag sewn to neck L. 87 cm. Context of use: Part of woman's costume, --3-27254-55. Attributed b donor to Amuzgo of Oaxaca but really comes from Guerrero. See Cordry, Mexican Indian Costumes p. 317 for Guerrero and 318 for Oaxaca and text p. 317. Information supplied by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg in 1984 and verified by B. Busch in 1991.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-27255, described as Huipil, brocaded and embroidered multicolored bands on white, blue zigzag sewn to neck L. 87 cm. Context of use: Part of woman's costume, --3-27254-55. Attributed b donor to Amuzgo of Oaxaca but really comes from Guerrero. See Cordry, Mexican Indian Costumes p. 317 for Guerrero and 318 for Oaxaca and text p. 317. Information supplied by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg in 1984 and verified by B. Busch in 1991.

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