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Huipil

96-10-19

From: Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 96-10-19
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guatemalan
Provenience Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

Three panels of off-white cotton sewn together. Registers of animals, people, solid and hollow diamonds in yellow and olive cotton, purple, navy and turquoise silk. Band of zigzags and triangles around neck opening and at arm holes. Sides sewn closed.

Length 38.5 cm
Width 98 cm
Credit Line Gift of Maude de Schauensee and Mrs. Howard Lewis in memory of their parents Williamina and Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1996

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