Blouse

Huipil

2014-19-83

From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | Aguacatan

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 2014-19-83
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Aguacateca
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | Aguacatan
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Small blouse made of white commercial cotton, machine stitched, single panel. Decorated with blue and green floral ribbon, and machine stitched decorations of birds, deer, plants. Neck edge is decorated with three cm wide embroidered band in multicolored supplementary weft, predominantly blue. Blue floral ribbon. Arm holes embroidered in purple, green, blue.

Length 46.3 cm
Width 75.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of Louis Weinstock and Rosa Portell-Weinstock, 2014
Other Number L-699-83 - Old Loan Number

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