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 FIVE PIECE WOMAN'S CLOTHING SET CATALOGUED AS 427353-426337. TWO-WEBBED HUIPIL OF UNDYED COTTON CLOTH WITH PURPLE AND RED BROCADED DESIGNS. SIDES LEFT OPEN, UNSEWN. AT THE CENTRAL WEB SEAM ARE 4CM WIDE RED SELVEDGE WARP BANDS WITH TWO THIN PURPLE STRIPES IN THEIR CENTERS. SEAM IS SEWN WITH A MULTICOLORED RANDA WITH 7CM COLOR SEGMENTS OF PURPLE, WHITE, LAVENDER, PALE BLUE EMBROIDERY THREAD. ROUNDED NECK WITH SMALL V IN BACK TIGHTLY WRAPPED WITH SEGMENTS OF PURPLE, LAVENDER, PALE BLUE, AND WHITE EMBROIDERY THREAD. ALONG SHOULDERS IS A PURPLE AND RED BROCADED ZIGZAG. FRONT AND BACK HAVE ROWS OF PURPLE AND RED BROCADED BIRDS OF DIFFERENT SIZES (SOME AS LARGE AS 13CM X 13CM) AND A MOTIF WHICH APPEARS TO BE A HUMAN FIGURE STANDING IN A BUILDING. THE COLLECTOR'S TAG SAYS THAT THIS CLOTHING SET IS FOR A COFRADIA FESTIVAL. HUIPIL IS DIRTY.
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: E426353-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 106 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 63 cm