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Handspun boy's shirt
Handspun boy's shirt
Handspun boy's shirt

Handspun boy's shirt

NameShirt
CultureMixtec
Dateearly 1980s
Place madeSan Pedro Amuzgo, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumCotton, coyuche (natural brown cotton)
Dimensions15 3/4 × 14 3/16 in. (40 × 36 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ann and Paul Gerber, A.2016.65.5
Object numberA.2016.65.5
Collections
DescriptionBoys shirt with gauze-weave "lace" inserts across shoulders and around cuffs, bordered with white fishbone stitch. Inserted sleeve gussets with white bird figures.
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