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Satin Saint’s Huipil from San Juan Sacatepéquez
$7500

Saint’s Huipil from San Juan Sacatepéquez
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  • Saint’s Huipil from San Juan Sacatepéquez
  • Saint’s Huipil from San Juan Sacatepéquez
  • Saint’s Huipil from San Juan Sacatepéquez
  • Saint’s Huipil from San Juan Sacatepéquez
  • Saint’s Huipil from San Juan Sacatepéquez
  • Saint’s Huipil from San Juan Sacatepéquez

The following item belongs to the range of “Antique and Rare Items of the Casa de Artes’ Treasures Series”. This item can only be purchased online using PAYPAL or a US Dollar Check sent to our P.O. Box address in Florida, USA. For buying instructions and more pictures, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

Saint’s Huipil woven in one panel on a back strap loom.  The background is woven with cuyuscate, silk and alizarin vertical lines.  The piece shows four selvedge ends. It is joined on the sides with a mollusk and silk randa.  The opening for the head is decorated with satin ribbon.  It shows some holes.  Designs: zoomorphic: birds, monkeys, rabbits and double headed eagles; geometric: Venus planet.

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Age: Approximately woven in the 1920's
Ethnic Group: Kakchiquel
Origin: San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Materials: Cotton, cuyuscate, silk, satin ribbon; natural dyes: mollusk, dyes: alizarin
Use: Saint’s Huipil
Technique: Woven on a back strap loom
Size: Approximately 7” x 8.5”
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