Huipil (blouse)
Chajul village, Guatemala
Cotton
1970s
32" (80 cm) wide by 23.5" 60 cm) high
Ex. private San Francisco collection

Handspun and backstrap loomed cotton make Chajul huipils strong and sturdy because while weaving the women stand instead of sitting or kneeling. This salmon-colored huipil is nevertheless soft with age and in addition to the supplementary weft geometric animals and birds, there are two free-form sewing machine stitched cats on the front and a flying bird on the back neck.
#6320

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