Huipil

Museum number:
3-28646
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Accession number:
Acc.3587
Description:
Huipil: black fulled mohair with grey stripes; 3 loom widths sewn together with green thread. Decorative red and green wool tassels front and back, each tassel composed of complex wrapped and plaited yarns. Square neck, armholes decorated with chainstitch and floral embroidery in red, orange and green.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Chiapas, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Chamula
Collector:
Priscilla Fisher
Collection date:
1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), Huipils, and Plaited weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Context of use:
Part of costume of Chamula Indian woman. Would be worn with belt, skirt, headcloth and cape.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 88.9 centimeters and width 67.31 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28646, described as Huipil: black fulled mohair with grey stripes; 3 loom widths sewn together with green thread. Decorative red and green wool tassels front and back, each tassel composed of complex wrapped and plaited yarns. Square neck, armholes decorated with chainstitch and floral embroidery in red, orange and green.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28646, described as Huipil: black fulled mohair with grey stripes; 3 loom widths sewn together with green thread. Decorative red and green wool tassels front and back, each tassel composed of complex wrapped and plaited yarns. Square neck, armholes decorated with chainstitch and floral embroidery in red, orange and green.

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