Blouse Item Number: Sa193 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Shirt made of woven fabric with multicoloured vertical bands on red. The front bottom edge is unfinished, and the back bottom edge is fringed. The sides are sewn partway up leaving arm holes. Multi-coloured embroidered edging at the neck. Slit with blue running stitch and cerise string ties, part way down the front. The back has small diamond-shaped embroidered areas in pink and yellow.
History Of Use
Woven with the same pattern as a sash, but was instead made into a child's huipil. Woven by a woman on a back strap loom. Children, after infancy, wear garments exactly the same as their parents (O'Neale).
Narrative
This object forms part of the Inge Ruus Collection of Guatemalan Textiles in the Museum of Anthropology. The Inge Ruus Collection of Guatemalan Textiles was collected on behalf of the Museum of Anthropology by Inge Ruus, Curatorial Assistant in the Museum from 1974 to 1978. Some items were purchased by the Museum and others were donated by Inge Ruus. Inge Ruus collected these materials while attending courses on Guatemalan textiles in Guatemala during the summers of 1976 and 1977, taught by Anne Lambert, instructor on textiles at the University of Alberta.
Cultural Context
worn by a girl
Specific Techniques
The front opening of the shirt is finished with a plain running stitch. The round neck opening is finished with a wide band of overcast stitching made so that the long stitches show on the outside and the short stitches, on the inside. This same technique is used on the areas embroidered on the back.
Item History
- Made in Santa Catarina Palopo, Solola, Guatemala before 1976
- Owned by Inge Ruus before July 1976
- Received from Inge Ruus (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) during July 1976
What
- Name
- Blouse
- Identification Number
- Sa193
- Type of Item
- blouse
- Material
- cotton fibre, synthetic dye and acrylic fibre ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and plain warp faced
- Overall
- height 39.5 cm, width 38.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Cakchiquel
- 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
- Santa Catarina Palopo, Solola, Guatemala
When
- Creation Date
- before 1976
- Ownership Date
- before July 1976
- Acquisition Date
- during July 1976
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0318/0012 b