blouse
- Museum number
- Am1988,08.114
- Description
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Woman's blouse; made of factory-made calico/cotton cloth; pink ribbon sewn on at bottom of yoke; yoke embroidered in satin stitch using embroidery floss; design features two multi-coloured birds on either side of pink flowers with yellow centres; neck border crocheted with multi-coloured thread; sleeves have stripes of multi-coloured ribbon sewn on; blue ribbon border on sleeve.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Length: 63 centimetres
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Width: 52 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Garcia et al. La Magia de los Hilos: Arte y Tradicíon en el Textil de Veracruz. Xalapa, Mexico: Universidad Veracruzana, 1995 and Cordry, Donald and Dorothy. Mexican Indian Costumes. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1968 for similar textiles.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1988
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1988,08.114