FMNH 189256.nosub[1]

  • 189256: huipil [shirt or blouse]
    Photographer: Diane Alexander White : Field Museum of Natural History
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    Description: huipil [shirt or blouse] cotton, silk, satin
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    Scanner: Jessica Jackson-Brown : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Emma Cieslik : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 13-7 | Country Guatemala | Locality S. Tomas Chichicastenango. | People Maya Stock | Name Ceremonial huipil. Brown cotton. Down front + across shoulders overlaid with embroidered red design forming cross with spots of purple, orange, and green silk. Four satin rosettes at base of each and of cross. Star-shapes satin rays around neck. | Collection Third Marshall Field Archaeological Expedition to British Honduras. J. Eric Thompson, Collector | Notes | Width 98 cm | Length 160 cm | Height | Price | [LEFT MARGIN] ENT | A | 189256 | Acc. 1935 |
Catalog Number: 189256.nosub[1]
Description: garment
Materials: cotton, silk, satin
Cultural Attribution: Maya
Accession Number: [1935] The Third Marshall Field Archaeological Expedition to British Honduras and Guatemala - 1931 (Expedition)
Accession Year: 1931
Other Numbers: 377
City/Town: San Tomas Chichicastenango
Collector/Source: The Third Marshall Field Archaeological Expedition to British Honduras and Guatemala - 1931, J. E. Thompson
EMu IRN: 1093113
GUID: 8f17483a-f302-4aa9-9a2b-a0b723430228

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