Bed cover

Museum number:
3-30a
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Bed covering?; tapestry weave; cotton; stripes with ikat and other designs; multicolored; approximately 4 m 88 cm long, 106 cm wide
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bedcovers
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 102 centimeters and length 242 centimeters
Comment:
3-30A was assigned to this specimen when it was foiund to be without a number (April 1950) says "3.1" jaspe stripes
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bed cover, accession number 3-30a, described as Bed covering?; tapestry weave; cotton; stripes with ikat and other designs; multicolored; approximately 4 m 88 cm long, 106 cm wideHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bed cover, accession number 3-30a, described as Bed covering?; tapestry weave; cotton; stripes with ikat and other designs; multicolored; approximately 4 m 88 cm long, 106 cm wideHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bed cover, accession number 3-30a, described as Bed covering?; tapestry weave; cotton; stripes with ikat and other designs; multicolored; approximately 4 m 88 cm long, 106 cm wide
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bed cover, accession number 3-30a, described as Bed covering?; tapestry weave; cotton; stripes with ikat and other designs; multicolored; approximately 4 m 88 cm long, 106 cm wide

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