DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Huipil
NameShirt
Artist
Moisés Martinez Velasco
CultureMexican
Date2014
Place madeOaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumSilk, cochineal dye, indigo dye
Dimensions24 × 37 13/16 in. (61 × 96 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2015.1.1
Terms
- value (economic concept)
Object numberA.2015.1.1
DescriptionA purple pullover shirt (huipil) dyed with cochineal and indigo.The opening at top has an attached, braided decorative ties of light purple strands which form a pattern in the middle.
c. 1865
2014