Blouse
Huipil
89-26-1
From: Guatemala | Jacaltenango | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
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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