Huipil

Clothing/Dress/Costume

-

BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Front

Front

Name/Title

Huipil

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.20

Description

Green huipil with supplementary discontinuous wefts creating multicolor geometric, bird, and floral patterns. Black velvet trim around armholes and square neckline. Garment open at the sides.

Use

Woman's garment for everyday use

Collection

Nancy Romero Mesoamerican Dress Collection

Category

Clothing

Acquisition

Accession

2021.3

Source or Donor

Nancy Romero

Acquisition Method

Gift

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Huipil

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Likely Cotton

Color

Blue, Pink, White, Yellow, Blue, Green, Red

Notes

Woven on backstrap loom.

Made/Created

Place

City

Tecpán

State/Province

Chimaltenango

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Tecpán

State/Province

Chimaltenango

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Kaqchikel [Linguistic Community]

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

womenswear, huipils, Mesoamerican

Dimensions

Width

79 cm

Length

66 cm

Location

Box

Box 1 (Nancy Romero Mesoamerican Collection)

Room

Storage Unit

Research Notes

Research Type

Scholar

Person

Museo Ixchel