Toalla

Museum number:
3-186
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
186 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s cloth for wrapping tortillas. Cotton. Basketweave twill brocade. White with red, yellow, green, and blue warp forms. Short fringe on ends. Approximately 60 cm long, 80 cm wide.
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 78 centimeters and length 120 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p. 116; references below
Loans:
S2010-2011 #6: Hearst Art Gallery (Saint Mary's College) (April 10, 2011–June 22, 2011)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Toalla, accession number 3-186, described as Woman’s cloth for wrapping tortillas. Cotton. Basketweave twill brocade. White with red, yellow, green, and blue warp forms. Short fringe on ends. Approximately 60 cm long, 80 cm wide.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Toalla, accession number 3-186, described as Woman’s cloth for wrapping tortillas. Cotton. Basketweave twill brocade. White with red, yellow, green, and blue warp forms. Short fringe on ends. Approximately 60 cm long, 80 cm wide.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toalla, accession number 3-186, described as Woman’s cloth for wrapping tortillas. Cotton. Basketweave twill brocade. White with red, yellow, green, and blue warp forms. Short fringe on ends. Approximately 60 cm long, 80 cm wide.

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