huipil
- Museum number
- Am1990,08.341
- Description
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Huipil; made of calico; rectangle of white commercial calico folded over and sewn at sides; opening cut for neck; red embroidery around neck and sleeve; two vertical lines of multi-coloured embroidery on either side of neck (lines simulate old style which would have been woven in three pieces and joined); multi-coloured embroidery at base of neck opening.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Length: 46.50 centimetres
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Width: 52.50 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 for textiles of the area.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1990
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1990,08.341