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 426321-426324. THREE WEBBED SHORT HUIPIL OF STIFF,GAUZELIKE WHITE COTTON WITH A SQUARE NECK. NECK AND ARM OPENINGS ARE EACH EMBROIDERED WITH FOUR ROWS OF DESIGN ELEMENTS: A MULTICOLORED ROW OF FIVE PETALLED FLOWERS JOINED BY BLACK STEMS AND LEAVES; A ROW OF COLORS DIAMONDS OUTLINED IN BLACK WITH ARCH LINES ON TOP AND BOTTOM; A ROW OF CONTINUOUS BLACK WAVE-LIKE MOTIF; AT THE OPENINGS, A BAND OF APPLIQUED BLACK MUSLIN SCALLOPED ON ONE EDGE SURROUNDING A CHAIN OF MULTICOLORED, FOUR-PART DIAMONDS OUTLINED IN ORANGE. COLORS USED: YELLOW, BLUE, VIOLET, ORANGE, TURQUOISE BLUE, RED, GREEN, PINK, PURPLE, DARK RED, AND OLIVE GREEN. HUIPIL BODY HAS DESIGNS OF WOVEN WHITE COTTON GAUZE: TWO ROWS OF HUMAN FIGURES ALTERNATING WITH TWO ROWS OF HORIZONTAL ZIG-ZAG OUTLINED IN GEOMETRIC DESIGN. AT BOTTOM IS ROW OF ROUNDED DIAMONDS. NEAR THE SLEEVES AND NECK LINE THERE ARE SEVERAL RUST COLORED SPOTTY STAINS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kekchi (Q'eqchi') 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: E426321-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 99 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 44 cm