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 426388-426392. CONSTRUCTED OF THREE WEBS OF UNDYED COTTON CLOTH WITH BROCADED DESIGNS. EACH SIDE PANEL AND THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE CENTER PANEL HAVE ROWS OF BROCADED BIRDS WHICH ALTERNATE BETWEEN TWO TYPES. ROWSARE SPACED 4CM APART AND EACH ROW HAS FIVE BIRDS. COLORS USED FOR BIRDS: GREEN,RED, PURPLE, YELLOW, DARK RED, AND VIOLET. TOP THIRD OF CENTER PANEL (INCLUDING AREA ALONG SHOULDERS) IS DENSELY BROCADED WITH A PANEL OF CONNECTED DARK BLUE DIAMONDS ENCASING VIOLET DIAMONDS. AT SHOULDERS ARE HORIZONTAL BANDS OF VIOLET AND NAVY BLUE AND A HORIZTONAL DARK BLUE ZIGZAG. NECKLINE IS SQUARED AND TRIMMED WITH LIGHT GREEN SILK, WITH A TIE OF THE SAME MATERIAL. PANELS ARE SEWN TOGETHER BY TIGHT MULTICOLORED STITCHING IN RED, BLUE, GREEN, AND YELLOW.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Santa Maria Cauque, 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: E426388-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 58 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 65 cm