Dress (Huipil)
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1938
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry
notes: label: Notes
content: HUIPIL (DRESS) MADE OF IMPORTED LINEN, HEAVILY EMBROIDERED WITH IMPORTED SILK THREAD. MADE OF A SINGLE PIECE OF 42 X 70 INCH LINEN, FOLDED IN THE MIDDLE AND SEWN UP THE SIDES. SQUARED OFF AROUND THE NECK ARE WIDE SATIN STITCH BANDS OF SOLID GEOMETRIC ZIG-ZAGS IN MULTI COLORED THREAD. ON FRONT AND BACK ARE STAR-SHAPED, 8 PETALLED FLOWERS, AS WELL AS SMALLER FLOWERS AND LEAVES. A 3 INCH WIDE DARK BLUE SATIN RIBBON TRIMS THE NECK AND HANGS IN 2, 17 INCH STREAMERS IN FRONT AND BACK CENTER.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Veracruz, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nahua
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361232
label: USNM Number
content: E423687-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 106.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 88.9 cm