Blouse; bleached muslin; 9 cm band around neck of 10 rows of satin stitch embroidered squares in commercial thread (various shades of red, blue, green, pink, brown, yellow, orange and purple); Some blood stains on one side.
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Chiapas; Palenque; Chol Indians
Culture or time period:
Chol
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
October 10, 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
43 centimeters and 47.5 centimeters
Comment:
Material, techniques: Bleached muslin; satin stitch embroidered squares in commercial thread. Native name and meaning: Blusa - Spanish, blouse K'uúl- Chol, blouse Context of use: 3-23115-17 and 3-23057 comprise traditional Chol woman's costume. See also 13-5872, 25-3478-82; 25-3625 and 3627. See filed notes in acc. envelope.