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shirt
c.1975
A long sleeved man’s shirt in vertical thin red and blue on white stripes, with two thick red stripes down the front and back centre. The shirt is made up of two pieces of weaving, going over the s...
huipil
c.1975
A huipil (woman’s tunic), made of three panels of vertical red and white stripes (with thin blue and orange additional stripes), with upper sections of supplementary weave horizontal red, blue and g...
trousers
c.1975
A pair of man’s trousers in red and white stripes with orange/blue/purple thin stripes. It is made with two panels per leg and a two part gusset, with a wide front opening and no fastenings. All c...
sash
c.1975
A red sash with three blue/green/yellow stripes running the length of the weave, and twisted tassels at both ends. Supplementary weave zigzag designs are at both ends.
skirt
c.1975
A tubular skirt in blue/indigo with three thin pale blue horizontal stripes, joined at one end.
sash
c.1975
A red sash with two blue and white central stripes and fringes. Small supplementary weave geometric motifs of diamonds, crosses and lattice are present only on the areas that would hang down.
shirt
c.1975
A man’s long-sleeved shirt in red with intermittent thin vertical stripes in orange, blue, purple, green and white. Pieces are stitched together by hand, including using green thread. The front an...
shirt
c.1975
A man’s shirt, with a crisscross weave design on red. The back and front are made of one woven piece. There is a front collar slit, an attached short collar, short sleeves and cuffs (with an openi...
huipil
c.1975
A huipil (woman’s tunic) made of four panels of vertical red and white stripes with occasional blue/orange/green stripes. The upper area supplementary weave of multicoloured squares and diamonds.
huipil
c.1975
A huipil (woman’s tunic) of multicoloured horizontal stripes, with more white stripes lower down. It is made up of one panel of weaving, joined at one side.
woven sampler
c.1975
A woven mat in brown with supplementary weave geometric designs and knotted tassels at both ends. The designs, in red, greens, purples, and blues, include stripes, zigzags, diamonds, lattice and tria...
braid
c.1975
A multicoloured decorative woven braid or ribbon with geometric designs, with pompoms and looped tassels at both ends. This may be for wearing in the hair.