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Woman's blouse (Huipil)

Three panels sewn together, continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning; lower section is white on white, upper is patterned in blue, magenta, yellow on white ground. Patterns include zigzags, lozenge forms, pairs of small birds perch on plant-like forms and at the points of some zigzags. Simply embroidered neck band and randas.

Date
20th century
In our collection
since July the 12th, 2016 up to now
Dimensions
47 x 52 in. (119.38 x 132.08 cm)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Cotton, silk; supplementary weft patterning, embroidery
Price
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Composition
copper37%
iron7%
atium0%
cadmium24%
zinc20%
oxygen12%