Huipil

Museum number:
3-15720
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030015720
Accession number:
Acc.1241
Description:
Yalálag Zapotec Huipil. Woman's upper garment. White, embroidered in colors, blue large tassels. One piece of five part costume (numbers 3-15720-15724). See photoprint 13-3728 for costume as worn by Yalálag women. Purchased from casa Ramona, Hildago, Oaxaca, Oaxaca.
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Hidalgo Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15720, described as Yalálag Zapotec Huipil. Woman's upper garment. White, embroidered in colors, blue large tassels. One piece of five part costume (numbers 3-15720-15724). See photoprint 13-3728 for costume as worn by Yalálag women. Purchased from casa Ramona, Hildago, Oaxaca, Oaxaca.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15720, described as Yalálag Zapotec Huipil. Woman's upper garment. White, embroidered in colors, blue large tassels. One piece of five part costume (numbers 3-15720-15724). See photoprint 13-3728 for costume as worn by Yalálag women. Purchased from casa Ramona, Hildago, Oaxaca, Oaxaca.

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