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Object Number
36-48-20/4385
Display Title
Huipil, embroidered cotton
Descriptions
Object Description
Huipil - sand colored coarse cotton in plain weave decorated with all over conventional designs of incorporated embroidery in red, green, yellow, dark blue and purple cotton. Also a very little yellow silk in several bands.
Inventory Description
Shirt or huipil, white with red, green, yellow, purple and blue embroidery
Classification
- Shirt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
Additional Geographic Terms
Quetzaltenango, Totonicapan and Solala, Region around
Materials
Cotton fabric, Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 121 x 92 cm (47 5/8 x 36 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-48-20/4385; Guat/Quetzaltenango, Totonocapan Solola Region, B9:72:K
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