quechquemitl
- Museum number
- Am1986,06.20
- Description
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Quechquemitl (shoulder cape); made of two panels of hand-woven and spun cream cotton with weft-brocaded and embroidered designs of birds, animals, flowers and geometric designs in red, pink, blue and orange. Octagonal loom-brocaded geometric designs across tops of shoulder. Black blanket stitch on neck, with black stitching at seam.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Length: 60 centimetres
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Width: 76 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Sayer, Chloë. Mexican Costume. London: British Museum Press, 1985 p. 212-3 for techniques of making quechquemitls.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1986
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1986,06.20