Yoke and sleeves for blouse

Museum number:
3-28816a-c
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Yoke and sleeves for blouse. White cotton muslin with black smocking. (a) and (b) L 30 cm, W 13 cm; (c) L 24 cm, W 9 cm.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Puebla city, Puebla, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Puebla
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
1946
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clothing yokes
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Context of use:
Purchased in Tehuacan market, sold in a set to be incorporated into plain white blouse (camisa). This smocking appears to have been made in a number of Nuhuatl speaking villages in teh Valley of Puebla-Tlaxcala. This piece is of a type that began to be sold in tourist shops in Mexico City in the 1950's and is probably from a different village than the older pieces according to Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, 1984.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
b— length 32.5 centimeters, a— length 33 centimeters, c— width 9 centimeters, c— length 25.5 centimeters, a— width 13.5 centimeters, and b— width 13.5 centimeters
Comment:
L-3-4 Special needs: lightweight
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Yoke and sleeves for blouse, accession number 3-28816a-c, described as Yoke and sleeves for blouse. White cotton muslin with black smocking. (a) and (b) L 30 cm, W 13 cm; (c) L 24 cm, W 9 cm.

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