Huipil, Part Of Woman's Clothing Set
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1956 to 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. R A. Horton
label: Collector
content: Elvira Aldana
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. R A. Horton
notes: label: Notes
content: PART OF FOUR-PIECE WOMAN'S CLOTHING SET CATALOGUED AS 426425-426428. HUIPIL CONSTRUCTED OF TWO WEBS OF UNDYED COTTON CLOTH, SEWN AT ONLY AT THE CENTER. BROCADED WITH LARGE DESIGNS WHICH ARE PREDOMINANTLY PURPLE, WITH SOME PINK, RED, GREEN, ORANGE, BLUE, AND LAVENDER. BROCADED DESIGNS COVER ONE SIDE ALMOST COMPLETELY; THE OTHER SIDE HAS A 15CM UNBROCADED AREA AT THE BASE. DESIGNS INCLUDE ELABORATE CURVED GEOMETRIC BANDS, LARGE ANIMALS, LARGE BIRDS, CEIBA TREES, HORSELIKE ANIMALS, AND GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. SIDES HAVE SELVEDGE STRIPES OF NAVY BLUE. THE CENTER HAS SELVEDGE STRIPES OF PURPLE, NAVY BLUE, AND ORANGE. ON HUIPIL'S FRONT, THE TOP HALF OF THE SELVEDGE STRIPE IS OUTLINED ON EACH SIDE WITH A BROCADED ZIGZAG OF PURPLE, PINK, AND GREEN. NECKLINE IS EMBROIDERED WITH GREEN AND LAVENDER STITCHING. ACCORDING TO COLLECTORS, THIS IS A COFRADIA CLOTHING SET.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San Pedro Sacatepequez, Midwestern Highlands, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cakchikel (Kaqchikel) Maya
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387111
label: USNM Number
content: E426425-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 124 cm