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Amate Drawing3289/18

Highly detailed drawing in black ink, on natural amate paper. Horizontal orientation on rectangular paper. The imagery depicts the production of amate drawings. The image covers the entire paper to the edges. Artist inscription below.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Xalitla, Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3289/42

Blouse made of two rectangular panels of fabric, stitched together, and with an opening for the head. The sides are stitched together with multiple sections of thread leaving armholes. The front is heavily decorated with embroidered geometric diamond design around the neckhole, armholes and across the abdomen. There are braided pink, red and green ties at the keyhole neckline.

Culture
Maya
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Aldama, Chiapas, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3289/46 a-b

Two part dress. Long dress (part a) and an underskirt (part b) with a large lace fringe at the bottom. The embroidery features nearby Becal, in the municipality of Calkini, Campeche. It shows people dancing traditional dances, the women in terno and the men wearing jipi (palm) hats. Elements from the natural environment are also shown, for example red hibiscus flowers, palm trees and other greenery. The underskirt has a cinched elastic waist.

Culture
Mexican
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Nunkini, Campeche, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Devil Costume3289/3 b-c

Luzbel devil costume; large black velvet sequinned tunic (part b), with matching pants (part c). The tunic has a long body, long-sleeves and a large collar. The front has a v-neck with ties, and a large sequinned devil head in light blue, red and other colours, with an upside-down trigon and two triangle designs directly below. The back has a large red and silver diamond design, flanked by two smaller red with multi-coloured devils. Below, snaking sequinned rainbows across the middle and bottom sections of the tunic, with the lower section between bands of sequins and wrapping around to the front. The large floppy collar is completely covered in stripes of sequins. Each sleeve covered in various sequinned designs, with fully sequinned cuffs. The black velvet pants have an elastic waist, and short gold fringe around the pant cuffs.

Culture
Mexican
Material
plastic and synthetic fibre
Made in
Tocuaro, Michoacan, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Devil Costume Cape3289/3 a

Luzbel cape of black velvet, heavily decorated with sequins. The cape is semi-circular with a collar and ties at the neck. The collar is decorated with 'LUZBEL' in light yellow sequins, with star-shaped sequins scattered around the text. The rounded edge is lined with a short gold fringe. The sequin design features a large light blue dragon, facing left, with a skull in its claws and a pile of skulls wrapped by its tail. The dragon has red and gold horns, gold talons, and silver fangs. Large silver holographic discs decorate the space around the dragon. Lined with shiny red fabric.

Culture
Mexican
Material
fibre, plastic and paper
Made in
Tocuaro, Michoacan, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3289/47 a-b

Two part dress. Long dress (part a) and an underskirt (part b) with an open weave or lace fringe in pale teal at the bottom. The skirt is bell-shaped with an elastic waist. The embroidery includes images of pyramids, birds and people. The scene is tropical, lush, floral and verdant.

Culture
Mexican
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Nunkini, Campeche, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Devil Costume3289/80

Long light brown leather jacket made of strips of leather. The edges of the pieces of leather are scalloped, punched and stitched together with white thread. The jacket is open, and has two long leather ties at the neck. There are several small circular patches with white stitching, and two, one on each side of chest, which have been outlined in red ink.

Culture
Mexican
Material
leather skin
Made in
Teloloapan, Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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