Small, heavily embroidered blouse or shirt. The two square sleeve panels are joined at the shoulders, with interwoven hand stitches, to the rectangular body panel with a squared head hole in the centre . Colourful floral designs in red, green, pink, purple, orange, blue and brown yarns completely cover a cream coloured undercloth. Possibly unfinished; sides and sleeves are not sewn together.

Undyed and coarsely woven cotton fabric with embroidered neck panel, shoulders, bottom, and seam edges. There is a depiction of an abstracted dog figures, a symbol, and a geometric pattern along the bottom of the blouse. There are two rectangles outlined in red-orange on either side of the neck with four vertical stripes of coloured embroidery. The colour scheme within the left rectangle reads as follows, from left-to-right: dark purple, green, light purple-pink, and yellow. The colour scheme within the right rectangle reads as follows, from left-to-right: light purple-pink, green, dark purple, yellow, and light purple-pink. There is a zigzag pattern in green and light purple-pink on the shoulders. There is also a thin vertical line of dark purple towards the ends of the sleeves. Two short horizontal rows of green and red-orange embroidery have been applied to the centre of the blouse, below the neck opening.

Gift of the Coltrera Collection

A. Augustus Healy Fund

Ceremonial blouse or huipil made of three four-selvedge panels of white cotton, brocaded on the front, back and shoulders. The multicolored design on the central panel represents the double-headed eagle, and the horizontal bars represent its wing and tail feathers. The neck opening with its silk appliqué of radiating points represents the sun, and the four rosettes represent the four directions. Condition: good

Museum Expedition 1942, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Gift of the International Business Machine Corporation

Gift of the International Business Machine Corporation

Gift in memory of Arthur W. Clement

A sleeveless under-blouse, with blue embroidery at collar and across chest, which wraps around to close at side with metal snap fasteners. The blouse is worn with a sleeveless jacket (2701/13 a), skirt (2701/13 b), and belt (2701/13 d) as a costume.