Huipil

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Front

Front

Name/Title

Huipil

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.5

Description

Huipil made of two pieces of woven fabric hand seamed together. Ground fabric is red with alternating thin orange stripes and double green stripes throughout. Dense purple embroidery with three vertical zig zag stripes on each side at shoulders. Bottom is hemmed.

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

Notes

Woven on backstrap loom

Made/Created

Place

City

Zacualpa

State/Province

Quiché

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Zacualpa

State/Province

Quiché

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

K'iche' [Linguistic Community]

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

huipils, Mesoamerican, womenswear

Dimensions

Width

77 cm

Length

65 cm

Location

Box

Box 2 (Nancy Romero Mesoamerican Collection)

Room

Storage Unit

Research Notes

Research Type

Scholar

Person

Museo Ixchel