Blouse
Huipil
66-34-74
From: Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Huipil |
Object Number | 66-34-74 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mam |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Technique | Embroidered |
Description | Huipil of two panels seamed at the sides with randa joining the front and the back. Woven stripes of dark green and purple cotton. Heavily brocaded decorative bands of geometric forms in green and blue silk and yellow and green cotton. |
Length | 75 cm |
Width | 89 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
Other Number | A-74 - Other Number |
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