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 CLOTHING SET CATALOGUED AS 426397-426401. HUIPIL CONSTRUCTED OF TWO WEBS OF UNDYED COTTON WITH RED WARP STRIPES THAT ARE 0.5CM WIDE AND SPACED 7CM APART SO THAT EACH WEB HAS FIVE STRIPES. AT WEBS' CENTER SEAM, THERE ARE WIDE RED SELVEDGE STRIPES (1.5CM WDIE) AND ZIGZAG STITCHING IN COLORED SEGMENTS OF 8CM (COLORS USED IN ZIGZAG: GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, AND LAVENDER). NECKLINE IS A V SHAPED SLIT. BOTH FRONT AND BACK HUIPIL HAVE ROWS OF BROCADED DESIGNS VERTICALLY SPACED 0.5-1CM APART. ROWS OCCUR ON ROUGHLY THE HUIPIL'S TOP HALF. DESIGNS: ANIMALS (DONKEYS? AND ANOTHER FOUR-LEGGED ANIMAL), BIRDS, AND GEOMETRIC DESIGN. EACH DESIGN ELEMENT IS RED WITH A DIFFERENT COLORED HORIZONTAL STRIPE THOUGH THE CENTER. STRIPE COLORS: PURPLE, PINK, YELLOW, ORANGE, GREEN, BLUE, AND LIGHT BLUE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Santiago Sacatepequez, 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: E426397-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 74 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 95 cm