Vintage Handwoven Guatemalan Blouse, Burgundy Stripped Huipil with Diamond Motif, Authentic
Vintage Handwoven Guatemalan Blouse, Burgundy Stripped Huipil with Diamond Motif, Authentic
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Width: 30"
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Length: 19”
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..
This is a traditional & authentic Colotenango Guatemalan huipil.
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Vintage Handwoven Guatemalan Blouse, Burgundy Stripped Huipil with Diamond Motif, Authentic
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Width: 30"
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Length: 19”
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..
This is a traditional & authentic Colotenango Guatemalan huipil.