Blouse and skirt

Museum number:
3-29438a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210329438a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4117
Description:
Blouse and skirt, blouse made of white cotton net with floral brocaded design, ruffled collar and cuffs are white net gathered onto bright pink silk ribbon, multi-colored floral embroidery and lace-like trim around scalloped edges, outlined with a row of gold colored sequins, skirt length is silk woven in a bright multi-colored plaid and stripe pattern. A: blouse length 85.0 cm, width 106.5 cm, B: Skirt, length 480.0 cm, width 96.5 cm
Donor:
Mrs. Harry B. Perrin
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
before 1987
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blouse and skirt, accession number 3-29438a,b, described as Blouse and skirt, blouse made of white cotton net with floral brocaded design, ruffled collar and cuffs are white net gathered onto bright pink silk ribbon, multi-colored floral embroidery and lace-like trim around scalloped edges, outlined with a row of gold colored sequins, skirt length is silk woven in a bright multi-colored plaid and stripe pattern. A: blouse length 85.0 cm, width 106.5 cm, B: Skirt, length 480.0 cm, width 96.5 cm

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