Huipil

Museum number:
3-38
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrum
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Nahuala, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Nahuala, Totonicapan ( Solola), Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 129 centimeters and length 93 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 2 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 3 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 4 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 5 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 6 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 7 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 8 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 9 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 10 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 11 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 12 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 13 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 14 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 15 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 16 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 17 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 18 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 19 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 20 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 21 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 22 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 23 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 24 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 25 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrumHearst Museum object 26 of 26 titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrum
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-38, described as Woman’s garment ("guipil"); white cotton, basket weave; brocaded with red and yellow cotton; sewn with dark blue thread; approximately 1 m 29 cm wide, 93 long; For the color yellow, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is no spectrum

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