Blouse, huipil, with central decoration of hand embroidery in red cotton. [FB 05/03/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Blouse, huipil, with central decoration of hand embroidery in red cotton. [FB 05/03/2014]
Long description: Blouse, huipil, with central decoration of hand embroidery in red cotton. The huipil, has a round neck, made from three pieces of woven undyed cotton fabric, joined together with decorative randa stitching in dark blue cotton thread. The huipil is decorated only in a square section of the central panel on the front and back, with hand embroidery in three horizontal bands, divided by stripes of red and yellow. The decoration is of stylised figures and two-headed birds, mainly in red cotton thread, but also with some yellow, blue and green. The neck and armholes have been finished with hand embroidery, in blanket stitch, using red cotton thread. Two extra stripes of hand embroidery in green and red cotton thread outline the neck, in a heavy chain stitch. [FB 05/03/2014]
Geographical reference: Guatemala
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Guatemala; Sololá department San Juan La Laguna
Cultural groups: Maya
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Dai Williams; PRM source Dai Williams
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1980
Date collected: By 1980
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/07/2013
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Dyed, Process Embroidered
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 710 x 700 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2012.104.18 Other numbers: 74 75
Research and responses: Notes, names of villages given by donor: "75. Huipile, San Pablo la Laguna, cofradia, fake. Embroidered rather then woven." [FB 06/11/2013]

Search terms: Clothing, Blouse

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