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Work huipil, or woman's blouse - flowers, birds, & goats embroidered in red & gr
Work huipil, or woman's blouse - flowers, birds, & goats embroidered in red & gr
Object Number 41-90-20/14314
Display Title Work huipil, or woman's blouse - flowers, birds, & goats embroidered in red & gr
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Huipil
Object Description Work huipil, or woman's blouse - flowers, birds, & goats embroidered in red & green thread; sewed by machine
Inventory Description Shirt, white, black collar, embroidered bird and floral design, layered and scal
Classification
  • Shirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Sacapulas
Materials Cotton fabric , Cotton thread , Wool yarn , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 71.5 x 49 cm (28 1/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-90-20/14314; Guat/Momostenango, Totonicaoan, Derivation specimen; #174
Credit Line Gift of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1941

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