'huipil'; white w/ purple stipes; cotton; purple rayon neck inset; wool and rayon emboidery around yoke; varicolored embroidered designs of birds and flowers on garment; sleeves and head opening very small so garment may be unwearable (i.e. novelty); w. 58.5 cm., l. 72.5 cm.
Donor:
Ida Mae Zapf
Collection place:
Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala, Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Ida Mae Zapf
Collection date:
1959
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Rayon, and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Context of use:
may be tourist novelty (arm and neck openings so small that garment may be unwearable)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 58.5 centimeters and length 72.5 centimeters