Blouse

Huipil

2014-19-76

From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Pedro Necta

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 2014-19-76
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mam
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Pedro Necta
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Small blouse of two panels of multicolored cotton ground cloth. Bottom edge is predominantly red, then transitions to mostly white cotton groundcloth with thin horizontal stripes, predominantly red. A gradient of color transitions from the white cotton to complete coverage of multicolored cotton at the shoulders and top third of the blouse. Chevron, diamond, fish, and star designs in multicolored supplementary weft across center of blouse, in eight columns, front and back. A main chevron design 5cm wide in multicolored supplementary weft is at center. 1 cm wide vertical stripes run in between the columns of multicolored supplementary weft designs. Multicolored embroidery aroud neck and arm hole edges. Wavy blue, yellow, orange, magenta embroidery around arm holes.

Length 53 cm
Width 76 cm
Credit Line Gift of Louis Weinstock and Rosa Portell-Weinstock, 2014
Other Number L-699-76 - Old Loan Number

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