Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos joined front and back by handsewn stitching, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, hemmed and finished with commercial lace.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Nahuala, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola; Nahuala, Guatemala
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes