Blouse
Huipil
2014-19-74
From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Juan Atitlan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 2014-19-74 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Juan Atitlan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Large blouse of white cotton ground cloth. 4 cm wide vertical red stripes with narrow multicolored stripes within. Six single lines of red and blue stitching in between the vertical stripes. Red supplementary weft at shoulders and neck area, with multicolored chevron and diamond designs in horizontal strips. Green embroidery aroud neck. Blue embroidery around arm holes. Sides closed. |
| Length | 95.4 cm |
| Width | 126.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Louis Weinstock and Rosa Portell-Weinstock, 2014 |
| Other Number | L-699-74 - Old Loan Number |
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