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Huipil

Native NameHuipil
Object Number:2001-14-42
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Guatemalan
Provenience: Guatemala
Almolonga
Department of Quezaltenango
Culture Area: Central American
Section:American
Materials:Cotton
Length: 90 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width: 82 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line:Gift of Theodore T. Newbold and Helen Cunningham, 2001

Description

Made of two panels, red cotton ground, upper portion heavily brocaded with bands of interlocking arrows and triangles in white, red, yellow, blue, purple and brown. V shaped neck hole, neck hole and arm holes are lined with dark blue velvet. The two panels are stiched together with white, yellow and green randa. Lower portion is undecorated.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Mesoamerican Gallery (23 Mar 2001 - 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

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