Woman's Huipil
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Mar 1899
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NOS. 175, 178, 186 AND EITHER 176, 179, 180, OR 181 MAKES A COMPLETE COSTUME. ILLUS. IN ARSI 1930; PL. 30, UPPER RIGHT; P. 556 CENTRAL PORTION OR BODICE OF VERY THIN RED SIL THAT IS DETERIORATING (AUG.1975), WIDE COLLAR AND THE SKIRT OF HEAVILY SIZED GREY LACE. THIS IS NOW WON BY THE WOMAN AS A HEAD COVER, THE LARGE PART JUST HANGING DOWN IN BACK. IN LARGER FORM IT WAS ONCE WORN BY PRIESTS (AND WAS CALLED AN ALB) UNDER THEIR GOWN OR CHASUBLE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Zapotec
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 034807
label: USNM Number
content: E201077-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil