Nahua child's blouse

Name/Title

Nahua child's blouse

Entry/Object ID

2022.02.004

Description

Girl's camisa (blouse), mostly worn during a fiesta as well as daily use. Cotton pepenado (counted thread) embroidery technique on high quality poplin. The embroidery technique is under-over, motion left to right, counting threads to execute each design; simple threadle machine work in red cotton thread.

Made/Created

Date made

1975 - 1976

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Chachahuantla, Puebla, Mexico

Culture/Tribe

Nahua

Dimensions

Width

19-1/2 in

Length

19 in