DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

huipil, ceremonial

NameUpper Garment

CultureQuiche Maya

DateCa. 1925

Place madeQuezaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Central America

MediumCotton + silk/rayon

Dimensions40 1/2 × 52 in. (102.8702 × 132.0803 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Cleves Weber Collection

Object numberA.1995.65.10

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Selections from the Museum's Textile Collection

DescriptionRed, gold, gray, purple, dk. red on off-wht. Round neckline. Rectangular shape. Birds, flowers in pattern. For wedding. Three panel treadle loomed, hand sewn side seams and hem, brocading in gray and burgundy cotton and gold silk/rayon?. Lower half of huipil is white on white brocading, geometric people and vases with birds, with stripe in the middle. Randas in multi-colored silk, round neckline with white fabric applique and dense hand embroidery with gold background with four vases at front, back and each shoulder, plus evenly spaced birds between vases.