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Object Number 41-90-20/14252
Display Title Huipil or woman's blouse - white with red stripes & red, green, orange & purple
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Huipil
Object Description Huipil or woman's blouse - white with red stripes & red, green, orange & purple brocade
Inventory Description Shirt or huipil, white with red stripes, polychrome embroidery, geometric design
Classification
  • Shirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Sacatepequez / <County> / Santa Maria de Jesus
Additional Geographic Terms Chimaltenango region
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 71 × 73 × 0.1 cm (27 15/16 × 28 3/4 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-90-20/14252; Guat/ Santa maria, De Jesus, Sacatepequez, B9:70:k
Provenance
Collector Ruth Reeves (1934)
Donor Carnegie Institution of Washington (1941)

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