Blouse

Huipil

42-35-270

From: Guatemala | Tecpan | Department of Chimaltenango

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 42-35-270
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | Tecpan | Department of Chimaltenango
Culture Area Central American
Date Made 1930–1951 CE
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

worn loose over refajo, even the hands are nor put through the slits but come out under the huipil, in two pieces, natural brown cotton with red and yellow pin stripes bordered with yellow or blue, embroidered single figured,[ V's rhombs serrated diamonds etc] inn rows, rose green purple white blue and yellow silk, neck bound with commercial blue ribbon

Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 190-A - Other Number

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