Huipil

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Front

Front

Name/Title

Huipil

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.49

Description

Huipil made of six panels sewn together with faggoted purple stitching. Top of garment features purple and yellow supplementary stitching patterns. The patterns feature registers of geometric shapes as well as animal forms, one likely to be a rooster. Neckline is finished with top stitching and triangular forms. Floating purple and yellow threads hang below the front and back of the neckline.

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

Source (if not Accessioned)

Nancy Romero

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Huipil

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Likely Cotton

Color

White, Purple, Yellow

Notes

Woven on the backstap loom

Made/Created

Place

City

San Bartolo Yautepec

State/Province

Oaxaca

Country

Mexico

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Oaxaca

Country

Mexico

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

huipils, womenswear, Mesoamerican

Dimensions

Height

92.5 cm

Width

70.5 cm

Dimension Notes

Length was taken at left hem since right hem has been altered.

Location

Box

Box 16

Room

Storage Unit