Since ancient times, Maya women have worn a wide, rectangular blouse known as a huipil over a wrap-around skirt. This mid-20th century one comes from a weaving village in Guatemala.
Cotton cloth
23 1/4 in. (59.1 cm)
L.: 73.7 cm
Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
81.17.1392
Not currently on view
Resources
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Cosmic Beings in Mesoamerican and Andean Art, Nov. 10, 2018 - ongoing [on view May 8 - Nov. 3, 2019].
Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.
