Shirt

Museum number:
3-27244
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3057
Description:
Shirt. Colored bands of drawn-work embroidery on shoulders and sleeves. Front pocket; front open at neck and waist. Length - 53.3 cm. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *Possibly from Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero (Amuzgo). The drawn-work embroidery seems to have substituted the decorative gauze-work on earlier handwoven man's clothing from Xochistlahuaca. - Alejandro de Avila Blomberg.
Donor:
Robert Miller
Collection place:
Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Alma Capen and Robert Miller
Collection date:
1940s
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shirts (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 3-27244, described as Shirt. Colored bands of drawn-work embroidery on shoulders and sleeves. Front pocket; front open at neck and waist. Length - 53.3 cm. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *Possibly from Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero (Amuzgo). The drawn-work embroidery seems to have substituted the decorative gauze-work on earlier handwoven man's clothing from Xochistlahuaca. - Alejandro de Avila Blomberg.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 3-27244, described as Shirt. Colored bands of drawn-work embroidery on shoulders and sleeves. Front pocket; front open at neck and waist. Length - 53.3 cm. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *Possibly from Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero (Amuzgo). The drawn-work embroidery seems to have substituted the decorative gauze-work on earlier handwoven man's clothing from Xochistlahuaca. - Alejandro de Avila Blomberg.

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