Woman's blouse (Huipil)

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Title	Woman's blouse (Huipil)
Artist	Artist Unknown (Maya)
Date	c. 1965
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Textiles, Textile-Woven Fabric | Cotton; supplementary weft patterning, appliqué, embroidery

Size:

21 3/8 x 32 5/16in. (54.3 x 82.1cm)

Creation Place:

North America, Central America, Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Santo Domingo Xenacoj

Culture:

Maya, North America, Central America, Guatemala, Chimaltenango

Style:

20th century

Inscriptions:

Tag Lender's info tag, sewn inside back of collar

Physical Description:

Two panel huipil with square cut neck opening; red ground cloth with thin stripes in brown, blue, yellow and purple; randa extends down entire center seam; open on sides; pair of brocaded birds, predominantly in purple, on front and back below collar with multicolored brocaded geometric patterns at shoulders and down center of chest and back; blue velvet at collar and shoulders.

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Richard Simmons

Accession Number:

98.273.65

Artist:

Role:

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Woman's blouse (Huipil)

Artist Unknown (Maya)

c. 1965