Huipil

Museum number:
3-23121
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2248
Description:
Huipil. Bleached muslin. Neck and hem decorated with machine satin-stitch floral embroidery in blue commercial thread. Unfinished; sides unsewn, neck and hem not cut. Length 110 cm. Width 79 cm. Cf. 25-3483-92; 13-5867 and 13-6004-05. See field noes in accession envelope. Bleached muslin, embroidery. Context of use: 3-23120, 3-23121 or 3-23122 and 3-23124 comprise Yucatecan woman’s everyday dress.
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Yucatan; Merida
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
December 23, 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 80 centimeters and width 108 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23121, described as Huipil. Bleached muslin. Neck and hem decorated with machine satin-stitch floral embroidery in blue commercial thread. Unfinished; sides unsewn, neck and hem not cut. Length 110 cm. Width 79 cm. Cf. 25-3483-92; 13-5867 and 13-6004-05. See field noes in accession envelope. Bleached muslin, embroidery. Context of use: 3-23120, 3-23121 or 3-23122 and 3-23124 comprise Yucatecan woman’s everyday dress.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23121, described as Huipil. Bleached muslin. Neck and hem decorated with machine satin-stitch floral embroidery in blue commercial thread. Unfinished; sides unsewn, neck and hem not cut. Length 110 cm. Width 79 cm. Cf. 25-3483-92; 13-5867 and 13-6004-05. See field noes in accession envelope. Bleached muslin, embroidery. Context of use: 3-23120, 3-23121 or 3-23122 and 3-23124 comprise Yucatecan woman’s everyday dress.

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