blouse
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.47
- Description
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Woman's blouse ("blusa bordada" in Spanish); made of white factory-made calico/cotton cloth; black zigzag lines embroidered across sides of yolk; sleeve panels and neck panels have been hand-embroidered in cross-stitch using commercial cotton thread showing black birds; drawstring at back of neck.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Length: 62 centimetres
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Width: 59 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Sayer, Chloë. Mexican Costume. London: British Museum Press, 1985 p. 158 for picture of this blouse.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1977-1978, London, Horniman Museum
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Acquisition notes
- Objects collected during the 1970s by Chloë Sayer and Marcos Ortiz. They were exhibited in 1977-1978 at the Horniman Museum, and later acquired by the British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1978,15.47