Huipil

Museum number:
3-53
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
53 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s shirt (huipil); basket weave; white cotton; red and yellow and brocade; yellow and red silk embroidery around neck and seam; approximately 1m 22 cm wide, 1 m 10 cm long
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Quezaltenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 122 centimeters and length 110 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. Also see references below
Loans:
S1992-1993 #8: Blackhawk Museums (November 17, 1992–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-53, described as Woman’s shirt (huipil); basket weave; white cotton; red and yellow and brocade; yellow and red silk embroidery around neck and seam; approximately 1m 22 cm wide, 1 m 10 cm longHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-53, described as Woman’s shirt (huipil); basket weave; white cotton; red and yellow and brocade; yellow and red silk embroidery around neck and seam; approximately 1m 22 cm wide, 1 m 10 cm long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-53, described as Woman’s shirt (huipil); basket weave; white cotton; red and yellow and brocade; yellow and red silk embroidery around neck and seam; approximately 1m 22 cm wide, 1 m 10 cm long

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