Huipil

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Front

Front

Name/Title

Huipil

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.12

Description

Blue huipil with purple vertical stripes. Purple and black supplementary wefts on top half of garment creating horizontal striping and grid pattern. Multicolor butterfly satin stitch embroidery decorates the top half of the huipil. The square neckline is finished with blanket stitch. Bullion stitches are used to create floral embroidery around neckline and the slit at the center front of neckline has hook and eye fastening.

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

Purple, Blue, Multicolor

Notes

Woven on backstrap loom

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Santiago Atitlán

State/Province

Sololá

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Tz'utujil [Linguistic Community]

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

huipils, Mesoamerican, womenswear

Dimensions

Width

65 cm

Length

66 cm

Location

Location

Box

Box 1 (Nancy Romero Mesoamerican Collection)

Room

Storage Unit

Category

Offsite

Research Notes

Research Type

Scholar

Person

Museo Ixchel