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Fine Saint’s Huipil from San Pedro Sacatepéquez
$15000

Saint’s Huipil from San Pedro Sacatepéquez
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  • Saint’s Huipil from San Pedro Sacatepéquez
  • Saint’s Huipil from San Pedro Sacatepéquez
  • Saint’s Huipil from San Pedro Sacatepéquez
  • Saint’s Huipil from San Pedro Sacatepéquez
  • Saint’s Huipil from San Pedro 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.  The piece shows four selvedge ends.  It is open.  The opening for the head is embroidered with silk.  All the designs are brocaded.  The huipil is framed with vertical lines.  It has one reparation.  Designs: geometric: zigzag, comb, stars, planet Venus and feather serpent. 

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Age: Approximately woven in the 1920’s
Ethnic Group: Kakchiquel
Origin: San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Materials: Cotton and silk; dyes: alizarin (red); natural dyes: mollusk (purple), yellow and indigo
Use: Saint’s Huipil
Technique: Woven on a back strap loom
Size: Approximately 16” x 18”
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