Collection place: San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala / Collector: Brian Tapp - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29958, described as Commercial polyester/cotton cloth; head hole cut out; sides open; embroidery at neckline and shoulder-line; unhemmed. 80 cm x 117 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Commercial cloth, white; embroidery of mercerized cotton, space dyed (ombra) in blues, greens, purple, yellow and lavender. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This unfinished huipil is very similar to embroidery work done in the Yucatan by machine, although this piece may have been hand-embroidered. Square outlines of blue denote neckline and shoulder-lines, and are bordered on each side by large floral motifs; square head hole has been formed by cutting an "X" and folding back the four corners to the inside. Zigzag stitch around immediate neckline; embroidery at shoulder-line is 10" long and 2 3/4" wide panels.