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 426401-426406. HUIPIL CONSTRUCTED OF TWO WEBS OF COTTON CLOTH WITH AN UNDYED BACKGROUND AND WARP BANDS (2.5CM WIDE) CONSISTING OF THIN STRIPES OF VIOLET, WHITE, BLUE, GREEN, AND RED OCCURING AT THE OUTER EDGES OF BOTH WEBS, IN THE CENTER OF BOTH WEBS, AND AT THE SEAM OF THE WEBS. ON THE WEFT ARE ROWS OF SMALL BROCADED DESIGNS SEPARATED BY SINGLE WEFT LINES CONSISTING OF MONOCHROME RECTANGLE CHAINGS IN GREEN, BLUE, LAVENDER, AND RED. DESIGNS INCLUDE BIRDS, CHEVRONS, ANIMALS, AND STAR-LIKE DESIGNS; SOME ARE MULTICOLORED, SOME ARE MONOCHROME. THERE IS 10.5CM BETWEEN EACH ROW AND RECANGLE CHAIN LINES. ROUNDED NECKLINE WITH A SLIT IN THE FRONT WHICH CLOSES WITH A SMALL WHITE PLASTIC BUTTON.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alotenango, 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: E426402-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Huipil
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 73 cm