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Huipil, or woman's blouse - brown with red, pink, purple, and green brocaded des
Huipil, or woman's blouse - brown with red, pink, purple, and green brocaded des
Object Number 41-90-20/14290
Display Title Huipil, or woman's blouse - brown with red, pink, purple, and green brocaded des
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Huipil
Object Description Huipil, or woman's blouse - brown with red, pink, purple, and green brocaded design
Inventory Description Shirt, brown with white lines, heavily embroidered polychrome geom. design
Classification
  • Shirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 86 x 72 cm (33 7/8 x 28 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-90-20/14290; Guat/Santo Tomas / Chichicastenango, El Quiche, B9:68:F
Provenance
Collector Ruth Reeves (1934)
Donor Carnegie Institution of Washington (1941)

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