Huipil

Museum number:
3-28253
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3492 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Blouse-Huipil. Materials: White plain weave cotton. Red emb. thread. Techniques: Sewing, embroidery. Colors: White w. red emb. Dimensions: 21 1/2" wide top, 23 1/2" long. Remarks: White cotton huipil, square neck w. drawstring back, short sleeves, front fullness, rolled hem at bottom. Red emb. in various techniques at neck, shoulder, sleeves. Good condition.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Puebla, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
MEXICO: Puebla
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 55 centimeters and length 61 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-28253, described as Blouse-Huipil. Materials: White plain weave cotton. Red emb. thread. Techniques: Sewing, embroidery. Colors: White w. red emb. Dimensions: 21 1/2" wide top, 23 1/2" long. Remarks: White cotton huipil, square neck w. drawstring back, short sleeves, front fullness, rolled hem at bottom. Red emb. in various techniques at neck, shoulder, sleeves. Good condition.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-28253, described as Blouse-Huipil. Materials: White plain weave cotton. Red emb. thread. Techniques: Sewing, embroidery. Colors: White w. red emb. Dimensions: 21 1/2" wide top, 23 1/2" long. Remarks: White cotton huipil, square neck w. drawstring back, short sleeves, front fullness, rolled hem at bottom. Red emb. in various techniques at neck, shoulder, sleeves. Good condition.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28253, described as Blouse-Huipil. Materials: White plain weave cotton. Red emb. thread. Techniques: Sewing, embroidery. Colors: White w. red emb. Dimensions: 21 1/2" wide top, 23 1/2" long. Remarks: White cotton huipil, square neck w. drawstring back, short sleeves, front fullness, rolled hem at bottom. Red emb. in various techniques at neck, shoulder, sleeves. Good condition.

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