Artwork
Beaded Blouse
Artist
Unknown
DepartmentLatin American Art
Dateca. 1960
Dimensionsheight: 31 in. (78.7 cm)
width: 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm)
width: 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, The Robert K. Winn Collection
Object number85.1.1651
GeographyProbable place madeSan Gabriel Chilac, Puebla, Mexico
DescriptionWhite cotton blouse with intricate multi-colored beading on the collar and arms. The beading conveys flowers and foliage, a row of people wearing Indigenous regalia, and a yellow eagle at the center of the collar.Label TextThis blouse features a variety of intricately beaded designs, such as flowers and foliage, and a row of figures wearing Indigenous regalia. The coat of arms of Mexico appears on the central panel. This piece formed part of a costume representing the China Poblana, a legendary figure in Mexican history. She is thought to be based on Catarina de San Juan, a woman from India who was enslaved and brought to Mexico by Portuguese pirates. The China Poblana costume became the Mexican national dress in the early 1900s.
Esta blusa presenta una variedad de intrincados diseños con cuentas, como flores y follaje, y una fila de figuras vestidas con atuendos indígenas. En el panel central aparece el escudo de armas de México. Esta pieza formaba parte de un traje que representaba a la «china poblana», una figura legendaria de la historia mexicana. Se cree que está basada en Catarina de San Juan, una mujer de la India que fue esclavizada y llevada a México por piratas portugueses. El vestido de la china poblana se convirtió en el atuendo nacional de México a principios del siglo XX.
(LA, 2022)Not on view
Collections
ca. 1930
mid 1980s
mid- 20th century
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