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 A FIVE-PIECE WOMAN'S CLOTHING SET CATALOGUED AS 426358-426362. TWO-WEBBED HUIPIL OF HEAVY, DOUBLE TWIST WOVEN RED COTTON WITH THIN STRIPES OF BLUE, YELLOW, AND HANDSPUN BROWN COTTON (CUYUSCATE). WEBS JOINED BY MULTICOLORED RANDA WHICH HAS 4CM COLOR SEGMENTS OF PURPLE, VIOLET, WHITE, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, TURQUOISE BLUE, ORANGE, AND MAGENTA. RANDA IS BORDERED ON BOTH SIDES BY 4CM WIDE WARP SELVEDGE STRIPES OF PURPLE, GREEN, AND BLUE. SQUARED NECKLINE TIGHTLY WRAPPED (RANDA STYLE) IN THE SAME COLORS AS CENTER RANDA. HUIPIL SIDES ARE OPEN, UNSEWN. PICKED PILE BROCADE BAND ALONG BOTH SHOULDERS INCLUDES CENTER BAND OF UPRIGHT S-CURVES FACING EACH OTHER IN PAIRS HORIZONTALLY STRIPED IN GREEN, VIOLET AND BLUE. THIS CENTER BAND IS BORDERED ABOVE AND BELOW WITH ROW OF PICKED PILE BROCADE RECUMBANT S-CURVES, EACH IN A DIFFERENT SOLID COLOR (ORANGE, PURPLE, HOT PINK, WHITE, BLUE, MAGENTA, AND TEAL).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Santo Domingo Xenacoj, Sacatepequez, 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: E426358-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 100 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 65 cm