Huipil

Museum number:
3-23484a-c
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2393
Description:
Unassembled huipil; three-width with red warp stripes; a) centerpiece almost solid brocade, red cotton with small amounts of varicolored silk; mostly geometric and bird figures; 17 x 35" length; b & c) side panels; same as center except not as thickly brocaded with bands of free-standing figures; b) 28.6 x 91.4 cm length; c) 29.2 x 89.6 cm length.
Donor:
Mrs. Richard S. Robinson and Richard S. Robinson
Collection place:
Sacatepequez Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Virginia Wickenden
Collection date:
1923-1925
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-23484a-c, described as Unassembled huipil; three-width with red warp stripes; a) centerpiece almost solid brocade, red cotton with small amounts of varicolored silk; mostly geometric and bird figures; 17 x 35" length; b & c) side panels; same as center except not as thickly brocaded with bands of free-standing figures; b) 28.6 x 91.4 cm length; c) 29.2 x 89.6 cm length.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-23484a-c, described as Unassembled huipil; three-width with red warp stripes; a) centerpiece almost solid brocade, red cotton with small amounts of varicolored silk; mostly geometric and bird figures; 17 x 35" length; b & c) side panels; same as center except not as thickly brocaded with bands of free-standing figures; b) 28.6 x 91.4 cm length; c) 29.2 x 89.6 cm length.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-23484a-c, described as Unassembled huipil; three-width with red warp stripes; a) centerpiece almost solid brocade, red cotton with small amounts of varicolored silk; mostly geometric and bird figures; 17 x 35" length; b & c) side panels; same as center except not as thickly brocaded with bands of free-standing figures; b) 28.6 x 91.4 cm length; c) 29.2 x 89.6 cm length.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23484a-c, described as Unassembled huipil; three-width with red warp stripes; a) centerpiece almost solid brocade, red cotton with small amounts of varicolored silk; mostly geometric and bird figures; 17 x 35" length; b & c) side panels; same as center except not as thickly brocaded with bands of free-standing figures; b) 28.6 x 91.4 cm length; c) 29.2 x 89.6 cm length.

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