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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Blouse (Huipil)
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Blouse (Huipil)

Artist/Maker (Artist Unknown)
Datecollected 1932
Mediumcotton and dye
DimensionsOverall: 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm)
ClassificationsCostumes and Accessories
Credit LineGift of Dr. Samuel K. Lothrop
Terms
    Object number58.159.000
    DescriptionThis child's huipil for a young girl is woven of red cotton decorated with ducks and a symbol that may represent either a child or a flower. This is an important early example of designs that continue well into the 1980’s. At the time this piece was collected children were always dressed in traje, or traditional clothing. Today the cost in time and materials of a hand made piece of child’s clothing is out of the reach of many working Maya families.
    On View
    Not on view
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Guna people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Guna people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    collected 1932
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1-800
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Baga people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Inca
    1470-1532
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Battista Dossi
    ca. 1520-1530
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1330-1350
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    1912-1917