Huipil

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Front

Front

Name/Title

Huipil

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.64

Description

Amuzgo coyuche (coyuchi) huipil made from three strips of fabric sewn together with colored yarn to create the body of the garment. Patterns created by the addition of multicolored supplementary weft yarns. Pattern motifs are of geometric floral shapes displayed in registers across the garment. Neck area is heavily adorned with these patterned motifs. Neckline finished with a whipstitch; armholes finished with buttonholes stitches.

Use

Women's garment for everyday use.

Context

"Coyuche," also spelled "coyuchi," is the name for the native brown cotton grown and spun by the indigenous peoples of the Oaxacan coast, such as the Amuzgo, Mixtec, and Trique. Coyuche is the Nahuatl (Aztec) name for this cotton, which means "coyote-colored." In Amuzgo the name of native cotton is tzoan, while in Mixtec it is cachi.

Collection

Nancy Romero Mesoamerican Dress Collection

Category

Clothing

Acquisition

Accession

2021.3

Source or Donor

Nancy Romero

Acquisition Method

Gift

Source (if not Accessioned)

Nancy Romero

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Huipil

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Cotton

Color

Brown, Green, Blue, Orange, White, Red

Notes

Woven on a backstrap loom. Made from coyuche cotton.

Made/Created

Place

State/Province

Oaxaca

Country

Mexico

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Amuzgos

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

Mesoamerican, womenswear, huipils

Dimensions

Height

100.5 cm

Width

101.5 cm

Location

Box

Box 16

Room

Storage Unit

Research Notes

Notes

“Costumes of Mexico" by Chloe Sayer