Huipil
Artist:
Unknown
Date: ca. 1940
Medium: Embroidered cotton
Dimensions:
height: 31 1/2 in. (80 cm)
width: 36 in. (91.4 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, The Robert K. Winn Collection
Object number: 85.1.1650
Inscribed: Municipio de Juxtepec
Municipalidad de Ixcatlan
Published References
Frida Kahlo and Arte Popular. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2022, pgs. 60, 159, 160
Label Text
Huipiles are rectangular blouses that are commonly worn by Indigenous women of Mexico and Central America. They predate the Spanish colonization of Mesoamerica, and their design varies widely by region. The huipil seen here represents the embroidery style of the Ixcatec community, based in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Oaxaca has eighteen federally recognized Indigenous groups, each with its own textile traditions.(LA, 2020)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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