Woman's blouse (Huipil)

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Title	Woman's blouse (Huipil)
Artist	Artist Unknown (Tzeltal)
Date	c. 1998
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Textiles, Textile-Surface Ornamentation | Cotton, rayon; supplementary weft patterning

Size:

27 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (69.85 x 77.47 cm)

Creation Place:

Mexico, Chiapas, Amatenago

Culture:

Tzeltal, Mexico, Chiapas

Style:

20th century

Physical Description:

square two-paneled huipil with wide-looped rayon stitch embroidery; white background, red, orange, blue

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Richard L. Simmons in memory of Roberta Grodberg Simmons

Accession Number:

2001.262.21

Artist:

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Added to Site:

February 28, 2009