Huipil

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Front

Front

Name/Title

Huipil

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.8

Description

Multicolored striped huipil featuring large stylized animals and geometric patterning woven at top half of garment. Small flowers embroidered on front and back center seams, along neckline, and around armholes.

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, Yellow, Multicolor

Notes

Woven on backstrap loom

Made/Created

Place

City

San Juan Sacatepéquez

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

San Juan Sacatepéquez

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Kaqchikel [Linguistic Community]

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

womenswear, huipils, Mesoamerican

Dimensions

Width

85 cm

Length

75 cm

Location

Box

Box 1 (Nancy Romero Mesoamerican Collection)

Room

Storage Unit

Research Notes

Research Type

Scholar

Person

Museo Ixchel