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Huipil

89-26-1

From: Guatemala | Jacaltenango | Department of Huehuetenango

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 89-26-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guatemalan | Jacaltec
Provenience Guatemala | Jacaltenango | Department of Huehuetenango
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Ribbon | Indigo Dye
Description

traditional style no longer made or worn in area, white cotton ground, black spot brocading, square neck, white collar with red and black ribbon, four panels sewn together, commissioned fron an older woman in the village who remembered how to weave in the traditional style

Length 75 cm
Width 76 cm
Credit Line Gift of Pamela Hearne, 1989

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