Huipil
It is a good example of Amuzgo weaving. It was woven in three webs: these have been joined with loose stitches. The squared-off head opening has been cut in the centre web, and secured with decorative stitching. The Amuzgo used to grow and hand-spin cotton — this may be the case here. The ground is plain (tabby) woven in white. Commercially produced cotton threads of various colours have been used for decoration. The centre web has a vertical magenta warp strip on each side. Designs are brocaded: supplementary coloured wefts have been used. Sometimes several magenta weft threads are used together.
Purchased by donor in February 1967.
Purchased by donor in February 1967.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 149/2007/2
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Collection Area Region
- CENT
- Material
- woven cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
- Common Name
- huipil
- Simple Name
- blouse
- Production Town
- Xochistlahuaca
- Production County
- Guerrero
- Production Country
- Mexico
- Production Year High
- 02/1967
