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Woman's blouse (Huipil)

One-panel huipil of white cotton commercial fabric; round-cut neck opening; hand-sewn hem at lower edge. Yellow, rayed sun embroidery circles neck opening; burgundy embroidered area 3 1/2" wide provides background for upper half of pattern; highly abstracted animal and bird figures embroidered with hombre floss in non-realistic colors encircle the sun border. Figures include peacocks, quetzal, owl?, misc. mythological birds; rabbits, fox?, cat? other highly stylized animals, real and imagined.

Date
20th century
In our collection
since November the 13th, 2017 up to now
Dimensions
36 3/8 x 46 1/4 in. (92.4 x 117.5 cm)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Cotton; embroidery
Price
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Composition
atium90%
iron4%
cadmium3%
copper3%