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
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atium 90% iron 4% cadmium 3% copper 3%