Guatemalan Woman's Traditional Blouse: "Huipil"

This "huipil," a Nahuatl word for blouse, is from Guatemala. A huipil is the most common traditional garment worn by indigenous women from central Mexico to Central America, who are descendants of the Maya people. It is a loose-fitting tunic.

A huipil is usually made with fabric woven on a backstrap loom. The huipil may be made from a single piece of fabric that has been folded in half with a hole cut for the head or it may be made from two or three rectangular pieces of fabric which are then joined together, leaving openings for the head and arms. The entire garment is heavily decorated with designs woven into the fabric, embroidery, ribbons, and lace.

A huipil generally identifies the indigenous group and the community of the wearer as each community has its own designs for both weaving and embroidering, typically passed from mother to daughter.

This huipil is of the type woven in the Nebaj region.

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Source:
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/maya/maya7.htm
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/world_mexico_huipiles/#:~:text=Huipil ['wipil] (from the,other parts of Central America.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huipil