Huipil

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Front

Front

Name/Title

Huipil

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.11

Description

White huipil with multicolor supplementary wefts creating geometric animal and floral patterning. Top half features large animal and floral motifs while bottom half shows smaller animal motifs leaving more of white ground cloth visible. Neckline is finished with stitching in blue thread and the seam down the center front and back is decorated with green, red, orange, blue, and black alternating threads.

Use

Woman's garment for ceremonial 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

White, Purple, Red

Notes

Woven on backstrap loom

Made/Created

Place

City

San Pedro Sacatepéquez

State/Province

Guatemala

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

San Pedro Sacatepéquez

State/Province

Guatemala

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Kaqchikel [Linguistic Community]

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

ceremonial costume, huipils, Mesoamerican

Dimensions

Width

100 cm

Length

68 cm

Location

Box

Box 1 (Nancy Romero Mesoamerican Collection)

Room

Storage Unit

Research Notes

Research Type

Scholar

Person

Museo Ixchel