Cloth

Museum number:
3-29890
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two pieces hand-stitched together, one selvedge loom-finished, other endwarps cut, turned over and hemmed.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Central America
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cloth, accession number 3-29890, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two pieces hand-stitched together, one selvedge loom-finished, other endwarps cut, turned over and hemmed.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cloth, accession number 3-29890, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two pieces hand-stitched together, one selvedge loom-finished, other endwarps cut, turned over and hemmed.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 3-29890, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two pieces hand-stitched together, one selvedge loom-finished, other endwarps cut, turned over and hemmed.

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