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Huipil antiguo para mujer (probablemente Mérida)

Old huipil for women (probably from Merida), Yucatán

Group: Mestiza Yucateca
Photography: Larry White

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Huipil, 1908
Elaborated by: Unknown
Origin: Yucatán, 1908. Donated by Angeles López-Portillo de Stiteler
Elaboration: Cotton huipil hand-embroidered in cotton threads around the neck and on the hem. There are five snap sockets around the neck (two in front, two above the shoulders, one behind). (The counterpart snap studs would have been sewn to the woman´s necklace.) The huipil had little wear and was restored in February 2017.

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