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Object Number
42-30-20/14377
Display Title
Child's white huipil - thread made from cotton bought in Vera Cruz
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Huipil
Object Description
Child's white huipil - thread made from cotton bought in Vera Cruz; silk used for trimming is grown locally; worn at fiestas
Inventory Description
Shirt, child's, white cotton, smocked yoke, pink, blue, green thread braid
Classification
- Shirt
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Zapotec
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
Villa Alta
/
San Juan Yalalag
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 54.2 x 64 cm (21 5/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
42-30-20/14377
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