Huipil

Museum number:
3-15811
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Accession number:
Acc.1886
Description:
Huipil. White cotton warp face; raised wefts on shoulders; line of varicolored silk floral embroidery front, back, sides; silk cord and tassels across bottom of neck opening. Length 35 inches.
Donor:
Joyce E. Murphy
Collection place:
Hidalgo Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Collector:
Joyce E. Murphy
Collection date:
1935-1939
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 90 centimeters and length 107 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Loans:
S1979-1980 #65: International House (UC Berkeley) (May 16, 1980–May 19, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15811, described as Huipil. White cotton warp face; raised wefts on shoulders; line of varicolored silk floral embroidery front, back, sides; silk cord and tassels across bottom of neck opening. Length 35 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15811, described as Huipil. White cotton warp face; raised wefts on shoulders; line of varicolored silk floral embroidery front, back, sides; silk cord and tassels across bottom of neck opening. Length 35 inches.

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