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Huipil, silk brocade and black velvet bands
Huipil, silk brocade and black velvet bands
Object Number 2002.23.6
Display Title Huipil, silk brocade and black velvet bands
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Huipil
Object Description Huipil, horizontally-striped multicolored cotton fabric with silk brocade and embroidery at neck opening; black velvet vertical bands, and at neck
Inventory Description Shirt, huipil, multicolor embroidery, black velvet vertical bands and neck trim
Classification
  • Shirt
Department Ethnographic
Date 1970-1979 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Southern Mexico
Materials Cotton , Rayon? , Velvet , Dye , acetate, cuprammonium rayon
Dimensions Overall: 69 x 66.3 x 0.4 cm (27 3/16 x 26 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2002.23.6
Credit Line Gift of Ann Pecora Diamond on behalf of the Pecora Family, 2002
Provenance
Collector Ann Pecora Diamond (1970-1979)
Donor Ann Pecora Diamond (11/7/2002)

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