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 THREE-PIECE WOMAN'S CLOTHING SET CATALOGUED AS 426325-4263327. SHORT, THREE-WEBBED HUIPIL WITH SQUARE NECKLINE AND SMALL OPENINGS FOR THE ARMS (13CM). OUTERPANELS HAVE UNDYED COTTON BACKGROUND WITH ALTERNATING HORIZONTAL ROWS OF TWO DIFFERENT BROCADED GEOMETRIC DESIGN MOTIFS: SQUARE-LIKE MOTIF AND CHECKERED LOZENGE MOTIF. COLORS USED: RED, PURPLE, BLUE, AND GREEN. THERE ARE 3 ROWS OF EACH DESIGN. CENTER PANEL HAS RED COTTON BACKGROUND WITH HORIZONTAL BROCADED ZIGZAG OF WHITE, PURPLE, ORANGE, GREEN, AND BLUE OUTLINED IN TWO ROWS OF WHITE TRIANGLES, THE WHOLE DESIGN BORDERED ABOVE AND BELOW WITH A ROW OF BIRD AND TREE MOTIFS. COLORS USED: WHITE, PURPLE, ORANGE, GREEN, AND BLUE. NECKLINE HAS A STITCHED OPENING TO THE SIDE TIED OFF WITH RED THREAD, THAT FACILITATES PULLING OVER THE HEAD. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE NECKLINE IS A VERTICAL ZIGZAG PATTERN WITH PURPLE, ORANGE,GREEN, WHITE, AND BLUE STRIPES. ALTHOUGH COLLECTOR IDENTIFIED CLOTHING SET AS BEING FROM TAMAHU-TACTIC, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT TAMAHU AND TACTIC ARE IN FACT TWO SEPARATE TOWNS. TWO FACTORS INDICATE THIS CLOTHING SET IS FROM TAMAHU: THE VERTICAL ZIGZAG ON THE HUIPIL AND THE RED, TUBULAR, TURBAN-LIKE HEAD ORNAMENT (SEE 426328)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tamahu, Valley Of Polochic And Cahabon Rivers, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pocomchi (Poqomchi') 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: E426325-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 42 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 100 cm