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
1930-1950
c. 1920
Ca. 1960
1890s