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 426462-426466. HUIPIL CONSTRUCTED OF THREE WEBS OF COTTON CLOTH WITH RED AND UNDYED WARP STRIPES AND INTERSPERSED GREEN AND YELLOW WARP STRIPES. SOME RED WARP STRIPES HAVE ORANGE PINSTRIPES IN THE CENTER. SQUARED NECKLINE AND ARM OPENINGS ARE TRIMMED WITH TIGHTLY WRAPPED COTTON THREAD IN SEGMENTS OF YELLOW, BLUE, TURQUOISE BLUE, AND GREEN. SHOULDERS AND 3/4 OF THE CENTER PANEL ARE PICKED-PILE BROCADED WITH RED SQUARES WHICH FORM THE BACKGROUND FOR YELLOW, GREEN, MAGENTA, BLUE, PURPLE, AND TURQUOISE BLUE DIAMONDS ENCASED IN RECTANGLES AND BANDS OF CONTIGUOUS DIAMONDS IN THE SAME COLORS. WHERE DENSE BROCADE IS ABSENT, THE BODY OF THE HUIPIL HAS ALTERNATING ROWS OF DIAMONDS AND DIAMONDS ENCASED IN SQUARES. CENTER PANEL, IN ADDITION, HAS ONE ROW THAT INCLUDES HUMAN FIGURES WEARING HATS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Colotenango, Cuchumatan Mountains, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mam 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: E426462-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 107 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 53 cm