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 426328-426331. VERY LONG, TWO-EBBED HUIPIL OF WHITE COTTON WITH PURPLE AND ORANGE 1CM WIDE WARP STRIPES SET 3CM APART. HAS EMBROIDERED DESIGNS ON NECKLINE AND BROCADED DESIGNS ON BODY WITH MAGENTA SATIN APPLIQUED INLAY AT NECKLINE THAT FORMS A SEMICIRCLE SCOOP ON FRONT AND BACK. EMBROIDERED BIRD IN CENTER ON SATIN INLAY ON BOTH FRONT AND BACK. COLORS USED: GREEN, PURPLE, AND ORANGE (BIRD ON FRONT) AND TURQUOISE BLUE, ORANGE, AND PINK (BIRD ON BACK). THE SEMICIRCLE SCOOPS ARE OUTLINED BY GREEN, PINK, BLUE,RED, ORANGE, TURQUOISE BLUE, AND MAGENTA WHICH ARE IN TURN OUTLINED BY EMBROIDERED TASSELS IN COLOR GROUPS OF THREE IN ABOVE COLORS. GREEN AND BLUE STEMS WITH LEAVES EXTEND FROM LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF SCOOPS. LINING LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF NECKLINE ARE EMBROIDERED TRIANGLES STRIPED IN TWO COLORS (ORANGE/TURQUOISE, RED/GREEN, ORANGE/BLUE, PINK/GREEN, MAGENTA/GREEN) WITH EMBROIDERED TASSELS AT THE OUTER POINTS. ON HUIPIL BODY, BETWEEN PURPLE AND ORANGE STRIPES, ARE HORIZ. ROWS OF BROCADED PLANT, ANIMAL, AND BIRD MOTIFS; TWO ROWS ON EACH SIDE OF NECKLINE AND THREE ROWS BENEATH NECKLINE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Santiago Atitlan, Lake Atitlan Region, Solala, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tz'utujil 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: E426328-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 107 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 67 cm