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Huipil Blouse from Guatemala, Embroidered Flowers, Authentic Vintage Handmade Collectible

Guatemala
$229.00

Huipil Guatemala

Width: 32”
Length: 21”

The foundation fabric is a soft with cotton. The designs were added during the weaving process using the technique of supplemental-weft brocading. The adornment around the neck was added after the weaving, using hand embroidery.

The huipil consists of a single wide panel, as is traditional construction of the San Miguel Chicaj huipiles, a close neighbor of Rabinal.

A woman may spend months weaving a single huipil when complex techniques or designs are required. Through the choices of design, material and finishing technique, information can be read about the weaver's birth-place, religious background, social position, weaving skill, and personality. Indigenous women can read the complex encoded messages in each other's huipiles at a glance..

The town of Rabinal boasts a large, colonial-era baroque church. Alongside the church is a small municipal museum, with exhibits on the local culture (particularly native healing techniques) and a section dealing with the massacres of the 1980s. Various pre-Hispanic archaeological sites are also located in the surrounding hills.

The town has an annual fiesta patronal which takes place in late January each year and is famous for its dances, including one that recreates a legendary battle between the Achi and the K'iche Maya, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Cultural monument, known as The Rabinal Achí.

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Huipil Guatemala

Width: 32”
Length: 21”

The foundation fabric is a soft with cotton. The designs were added during the weaving process using the technique of supplemental-weft brocading. The adornment around the neck was added after the weaving, using hand embroidery.

The huipil consists of a single wide panel, as is traditional construction of the San Miguel Chicaj huipiles, a close neighbor of Rabinal.

A woman may spend months weaving a single huipil when complex techniques or designs are required. Through the choices of design, material and finishing technique, information can be read about the weaver's birth-place, religious background, social position, weaving skill, and personality. Indigenous women can read the complex encoded messages in each other's huipiles at a glance..

The town of Rabinal boasts a large, colonial-era baroque church. Alongside the church is a small municipal museum, with exhibits on the local culture (particularly native healing techniques) and a section dealing with the massacres of the 1980s. Various pre-Hispanic archaeological sites are also located in the surrounding hills.

The town has an annual fiesta patronal which takes place in late January each year and is famous for its dances, including one that recreates a legendary battle between the Achi and the K'iche Maya, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Cultural monument, known as The Rabinal Achí.

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SKU: HUIPIL47
Width: 32.00
Height: 21.00
Depth: 2.00