Blouse
Huipil
2014-19-72
From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Ildefonso Ixtahuancan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 2014-19-72 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Ildefonso Ixtahuancan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Signed "Maria". Large huipil made of three panels of white cotton groundcloth with narrow veritcal stripes in blue, red, green. Center front, and shoulders, and back, decorated with fine multicolored supplementary weft, predominantly red. 7 cm wide band of embroidery around the neck in purple, gold, and green. Seams where panels come together and side seams are elaborately embroidered. Side seams are stitched closed. |
| Length | 57.8 cm |
| Width | 118 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Louis Weinstock and Rosa Portell-Weinstock, 2014 |
| Other Number | L-699-72 - Old Loan Number |
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