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Blouse842/3

Short cream shirt with embroidery. The shirt has a rectangular shape with a round neck and no sleeves. On the front and back are bird motifs in a row across the centre. On the shoulders are chevron motifs. All the motifs are multicoloured on cream ground. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chajul, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse379/4

Blouse or huipil consisting of two rectangular, cotton, woven pieces hand sewn together using an overcast stitch of purple thread. The panels are decorated in bands with a chevron, zigzag, triangular and lozenge patterns in red, green, grey, dark blue and yellow on a blue ground. The sides of the huipil are sewn. The middle has a vertical slit opening and there are two small openings on the sides. The back edge is raw.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse379/3

Blouse or huipil consisting of two rectangular, cotton, woven pieces hand sewn together using an overcast stitch of navy thread. The panels are decorated in stripes with a chevron, zigzag and lozenge patterns in red, green, purple, yellow, white, orange and black on a blue ground. The sides of the huipil are sewn and the middle has a vertical slit opening.

Culture
Maya
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket462/1

Basket with circular, flat bottom and ovular rim. A loop handle formed from one of the warps goes lengthways across opening; handle is twined with same material as weft of basket. One band of lighter colourgoes around basket near the middle of the walls; a band of lighter stem is goes around the base.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
bark and stem
Made in
Chajul, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseSa331

Paneled blouse or huipil with decorated t-shaped bodice and back; rounded neckline. Panels are continuous over the shoulders with seams on the sides and two seams front and back. Central panels is brown with cream side panels. Decorated portions are vertically ribbed and decorated with green leaves, pink and white flowers with blue, yellow and purple detailing on a dark red ground. Around the scoop neck is a pointed scallop-shaped trim in dark red-brown and orange chain stitches with circles on each shoulder. Border of down pointing chevrons at sleeve openings and v-shapes along bottom. Black straight stitched hem for one half panel, brown for another; centre selvedges at hem, others raw.

Culture
Quiche
Material
synthetic fibre ?, dye, wool fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothSa229

Cloth (tzute) with warp-faced multicoloured striped cotton made of two widths of fabric joined with multicoloured toothed embroidery. One end is unfinished, and the other end is hemmed with multi-strand green cotton whip stitch.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressSa207

Headdress composed of two rectangles of red cotton with blue stripes joined at the centre by multicoloured insertion stitch embroidery (randa). The headdress is decorated with a wide band of multicoloured floral design brocade flanked by bands of multicoloured chevrons and has a tassel of untwisted maroon silk at each corner.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashSa206

Sash made of red cotton with brocaded multicoloured geometric design borders at both ends. Finished with a fringe made of twisted warp yarns at each end.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsSa205

Trousers, knee-length, made from coarse black wool with flaps attached to the side seams and back facing. The flaps are embroidered with a multicoloured silk floral design. The cuffs are slit at the knee with one corner folded over and sewn in place.

Culture
Quiche
Material
silk fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketSa204

Jacket made of coarse black wool with blue zigzag embroidery on the shoulders, cuffs and edges. The jacket also has a multicoloured floral design emerging from the side seams on the back. The back bottom edge has a silk fringe in maroon interspersed with yellow, red and green.

Culture
Quiche
Material
silk fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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