Blouse
Huipil
2014-19-78
From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | Concepcion Huista
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 2014-19-78 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jacaltec |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | Concepcion Huista |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Women's blouse on two panels of light blue cotton ground cloth. Blue, green, magenta, and purple dots are embroidered into the blouse from top to 17 cm from the bottom on both back and front. Elaborate neck edge has silk lace with flower pattern attached to white cotton groundcloth embroidered with magenta and green silk. Squares of magenta, blue, green are at the edges of an intermediary strip of lace in between the outer lace and the neck hole. Edges are sewn shut except for arm holes. |
| Length | 82.4 cm |
| Width | 74.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Louis Weinstock and Rosa Portell-Weinstock, 2014 |
| Other Number | L-699-78 - Old Loan Number |
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