Huipil

Museum number:
3-23505
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Accession number:
Acc.2393
Description:
“Huipil” White cotton repp; bands of free-standing geometric designs in combined red, blue cotton threads; triple band of upright zigzags in red, blue cotton thread and gold, green, cerise silk. 61 cm length by 83.8 cm width Provenience: Guatemala; Solola; San Lucas Toliman attributed. Materials: Cotton repp; cotton thread and silk also
Donor:
Mrs. Richard S. Robinson and Richard S. Robinson
Collection place:
San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Virginia Wickenden
Collection date:
1923-1925
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-23505, described as “Huipil” White cotton repp; bands of free-standing geometric designs in combined red, blue cotton threads; triple band of upright zigzags in red, blue cotton thread and gold, green, cerise silk. 61 cm length by 83.8 cm width Provenience: Guatemala; Solola; San Lucas Toliman attributed. Materials: Cotton repp; cotton thread and silk alsoHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-23505, described as “Huipil” White cotton repp; bands of free-standing geometric designs in combined red, blue cotton threads; triple band of upright zigzags in red, blue cotton thread and gold, green, cerise silk. 61 cm length by 83.8 cm width Provenience: Guatemala; Solola; San Lucas Toliman attributed. Materials: Cotton repp; cotton thread and silk alsoHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-23505, described as “Huipil” White cotton repp; bands of free-standing geometric designs in combined red, blue cotton threads; triple band of upright zigzags in red, blue cotton thread and gold, green, cerise silk. 61 cm length by 83.8 cm width Provenience: Guatemala; Solola; San Lucas Toliman attributed. Materials: Cotton repp; cotton thread and silk also
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23505, described as “Huipil” White cotton repp; bands of free-standing geometric designs in combined red, blue cotton threads; triple band of upright zigzags in red, blue cotton thread and gold, green, cerise silk. 61 cm length by 83.8 cm width Provenience: Guatemala; Solola; San Lucas Toliman attributed. Materials: Cotton repp; cotton thread and silk also

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