Huipil
Blouse
66-34-33
From: Guatemala | San Andres Itzapa
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Huipil |
Object Number | 66-34-33 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cakchiquel |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Andres Itzapa |
Culture Area | Central American |
Date Made | 1930–1951 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Description | Cofradia Huipil. Brown plain weave cotton with groupings of white and red-yellows-green stripes; made of three breadths of cloth; heavily embroidered with silk threads (yellow, purple, magenta, green and blue) in diamond, zig-zag, stylized animal patterns; blue silk used as binding around neck and circular pieces of silk on shoulders and front and back. |
Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
Other Number | A-33 - Other Number |
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