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Huipil Nahuala #2a

Manufacturer: N/A

SKU: G-T-H-Na-2a

Price: $68.00
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This post-1980 daily use huipil was hand-woven on a backstrap loom. The foundation fabric is white cotton. The lions and other geometric designs were added during the weaving process using the technique of supplemental-weft brocading. The light pink and off-white designs were made using artificial silk (rayon or orlon embroidery floss). Other brocading is of cotton threads. The huipil consists of two panels, seemed down the center to form the garment. All lower edges are selvage-finished, though those on some sides have been lightly hemmed. The adornment around the head- and arm-holes is retained. The side seams, which make the huipil into a finished garment to be used, have been removed.

Measurements: 31 inches wide across the top, 34 inches wide across the bottom, 30 inches, more or less, shoulder to hem in the backand in the front.

Condition: Very Good, lightly used, some light soil is possible. The designs are very subtle, but the final photo shows the designs in the upper and lower panels of both front and back to be lions. The first photo is of the front, the second of the back of the garment.

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