Blouse, 3/4 length sleeves. Embroidered yoke, front panel, sleeve cuffs in red and purple. Smocked front gathered to yoke. All hand stitched seams. Smocked sleeves at cuffs. Rows of 1/4" pleats down center front. Underarm gussets. Fringed bottom. length - 53 cm. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *Zapotec. Good quality, probably made in the 1950's before these blouses became popular in the tourist market. Women's blouse. - Alejandro de Avila Blomberg.
Donor:
Robert Miller
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Oaxaca, District of Ejutla, San Vicente Coatlán
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Collector:
Alma Capen and Robert Miller
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 116.84 centimeters and width 54.61 centimeters