Piece of the Month – April 2025
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Huipil Con Gola
San Cristobal Totonicapán
Totonicapán
Huipil made of commercial fabric with delicate embroidery that gives it a very special and elegant semi-transparency.
At the neck, it has a tulle gola of flowers embroidered with silk threads and colorful crochet borders.
The sleeves may have been added later, as the sleeve thread doesn’t match the ruffled collar.
Without a doubt, it is a piece that shows the great skills of the embroiderers of the 1920s in Totonicapán.
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