DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Huipil
NameBlouse/shirt, woman's
CultureTz'utujil, Maya
Dateca. 1980s
Place madeSantiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala, Central America
MediumCotton embroidery on backstrap woven cotton
Dimensions34 5/8 × 31 1/2 × 13/16 in. (88 × 80 × 2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Nancy Looney, A.2014.61.1
Object numberA.2014.61.1
Collections
ProvenanceIn 1993, donor purchased this huipil from the maker in a Santiago Atitlán market; As a flight attendant, she traveled and collected widely.
DescriptionHandwoven on backstrap loom; Hand embroidered; Made of two cotton panels joined with a vertical center seam, the sides of this huipil remain open. The natural white is patterned with vertical dark blue stripes on the upper half, weft stripes also in dark blue form a grid filled with many realistic, well executed birds and vines forming 6 rows on front and back. Large pink roses and vining flowers ring the neckline.
Early to mid 20th Century; 1946
ca 1984
ca. 1950
