Woman's blouse (Huipil)

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Title	Woman's blouse (Huipil)
Artist	Artist Unknown (Maya)
Date	c. 1980
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

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

Size:

19 1/4 x 25 in. (48.9 x 63.5 cm)

Creation Place:

Guatemala, Escuintlá, Palín

Culture:

Maya, Guatemala, Escuintlá

Style:

20th century

Physical Description:

one-paneled white cotton huipil with wide red bands on both sides; zoomorphic and geometric brocaded designs; red, purple, blue, yellow, green, orange, turquoise, pink

Credit:

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

Accession Number:

2001.262.23

Artist:

Role:

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Woman's blouse (Huipil)

Artist Unknown (Maya)

c. 1980