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Ceremonial huipil with bird figures and a snake motif
The huipil is woven in a hip loom with cotton and silk. Furthermore, the huipil consists of two woven pieces of textile that are sewn together. There are also brocades attached to the huipil. A brocade is a decorative technique where extra threads are added to the warp and weft during the weaving process. \A huipil is used exclusively by women to cover the upper part of the body (torso, shoulders)…
Type of item
- Object Type: ceremonial costume
- ceremonial clothing
- Ceremonial dress
Date
- voor 1993
Medium
- Material: mixed fibres
- Material: cotton
- mixed fibers
- cotton (fiber)
- Mixed fibres
- Cotton
Type of item
- Object Type: ceremonial costume
- ceremonial clothing
- Ceremonial dress
Date
- voor 1993
Medium
- Material: mixed fibres
- Material: cotton
- mixed fibers
- cotton (fiber)
- Mixed fibres
- Cotton
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1993
Provenance
- 2008-12-29
- Aankoop
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/912605
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- silk (silkworm material)
- striped
- brocade
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z