Blouse
Huipil
42-35-417
From: Guatemala | San Mateo Ixtatan | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Huipil | Blouse | Huipil |
Object Number | 42-35-417 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chuj |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Mateo Ixtatan | Department of Huehuetenango |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Modern white cotton huipil of one piece seamed on shoulders and one side. Width of material is the lenth of the huipil. Horizontal band covering the line where the seam was in the older style, with imitation faggot on the wrong side. Cutout round neck with embroidered sun disc of plain and rayed bands. Embroidered figures, boys, birds and plants in red, rose, green, orange, yellow and peach cotton. |
Length | 79 cm |
Width | 57 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
Other Number | 341 - Other Number |
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