Huipil

Museum number:
3-28117
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030028117
Alternate number:
1396 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO 120 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Blouse. Cotton. Plain weave with creped cross bands. White. 17 inches x 36 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala, San Juan Chamelco
Culture or time period:
Maya and Q'eqchi'
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 93.98 centimeters and width 91.44 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight Called "blouse" from photo appears to be huipil. See also 3-28116
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28117, described as Blouse. Cotton. Plain weave with creped cross bands. White. 17 inches x 36 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28117, described as Blouse. Cotton. Plain weave with creped cross bands. White. 17 inches x 36 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28117, described as Blouse. Cotton. Plain weave with creped cross bands. White. 17 inches x 36 inches.

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