Zapotec embroidered blouse - blusa
03.03.2025
Name/Title
Zapotec embroidered blouse - blusaEntry/Object ID
2024.02.022Description
This Zapotec girl's blouse features traditional handwoven cotton muslin (manta), soft and lightweight, suitable for the warm climate of Oaxaca. The garment is designed with a wide yoke heavily adorned with multicolored cross-stitch embroidery depicting human figures, likely young girls, in alternating colors. This design continues down the center front, framing the neckline and extending vertically to mid-chest. The sleeves are gathered with fine smocking at the shoulders and cuffs, finished with red zig-zag stitching. The blouse is machine-assembled, yet retains high craftsmanship in its hand-finished embroidered details. The lower hem is plain with frayed selvage edges.Made/Created
Date made
circa 2015Ethnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
Sureste Region, Oaxaca, MexicoCulture/Tribe
Zapotec