DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Handspun boy's shirt
NameShirt
CultureMixtec
Dateearly 1980s
Place madeSan Pedro Amuzgo, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumCotton, coyuche (natural brown cotton)
Dimensions15 3/4 × 14 3/16 in. (40 × 36 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ann and Paul Gerber, A.2016.65.5
Object numberA.2016.65.5
DescriptionBoys shirt with gauze-weave "lace" inserts across shoulders and around cuffs, bordered with white fishbone stitch. Inserted sleeve gussets with white bird figures.
mid 1980s
early 1980s
Ca. 1960
ca. 1979
Early 20th century
1810