Skirt

Museum number:
16-11838
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160011838
Alternate number:
16 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2022
Description:
Cylindrical bark cloth skirt; 1 inch hem on top edge, cloth drawstring; used by women. Length: 24½ inches; made by Mercedes; called híri hútu.
Donor:
Patricia J. Lyon
Collection place:
Keros village, Q'osñipata District, Paucartambo Province
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Huachipaeri
Collector:
Patricia J. Lyon
Collection date:
June 30, 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 16-11838, described as Cylindrical bark cloth skirt; 1 inch hem on top edge, cloth drawstring; used by women. Length: 24½ inches; made by Mercedes; called híri hútu.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 16-11838, described as Cylindrical bark cloth skirt; 1 inch hem on top edge, cloth drawstring; used by women. Length: 24½ inches; made by Mercedes; called híri hútu.

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