Blouse Item Number: Sa262 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Red cotton blouse with embroidery and stripe pattern. The blouse has a square shape with a square neckline and no sleeves. Across the upper front and back are rows of embroidered diamond, animal and bird motifs in dark blue and purple on red ground. The embroidery is 2-faced supplementary weft. The stripe pattern has thin vertical stripes in green overall. Along the bottom hem is a twisted red fringe. The inside is unlined.
History Of Use
An huipil is a traditional tunic-like garment worn by women. Usually made of 1-3 pieces of back strap loom woven fabric lengths, joined at side selvedges. They are often elaborately decorated with supplementary weft brocading or embroidery.
Cultural Context
worn by women
Item History
- Made in Guatemala before 1976
- Collected during 1976
- Owned by Inge Ruus before August 5, 1977
- Received from Inge Ruus (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on August 5, 1977
What
- Name
- Blouse
- Identification Number
- Sa262
- Type of Item
- blouse
- Material
- cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven, brocaded and embroidered
- Overall
- height 72.5 cm, width 62.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Maya
- Previous Owner
- Inge Ruus
- Received from
- Inge Ruus (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Guatemala
When
- Creation Date
- before 1976
- Collection Date
- during 1976
- Ownership Date
- before August 5, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on August 5, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0404/0039