Purépecha huanenga

Name/Title

Purépecha huanenga

Entry/Object ID

2022.02.002

Description

Handmade cotton thread cross-stitch on machine made ground resembling homespun. Hand assembled with embroidery thread; neckline finished with dense wrapping stitch. This piece is very representative of geometric designs and work. The design motifs are not traditional Mexican designs, rather new from booklets.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1985

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Tarecuato, Michoacán, Mexico

Culture/Tribe

Tarascan

Dimensions

Width

24 in

Length

26-1/2 in