The huipil of this suit is woven in waist loom with abundant multicolored brocades in supplementary plot, in which purple predominates. The two canvases that compose it are joined by Randa’s decorative technique to the center of the piece, which is framed with alternate colored lines, fabrics from the loom.
The round neck is characterized by having a small opening in front, detail that distinguishes it from other communities, and is topped with hand embroidery and stitching in Zig Zag.
The cut or morga is woven in loom standing, and is linked by two multicolored distinctives, embroidered by hand, With geometric figures, which form a cross over the cut.
The girdle is covered by hand embroidery in wool, acrylics and cotton threads in different colors. The edges of the girdle are embroidered with stitches, and the ends of the piece finish in wool fringes.
This clothing presents a Su’t, which is used to cover the head. Sometimes, they also use commercial fabric ribbons to braid hair.
Design
- Linguistic community: Kaqchikel
- Daily use suit
Huipil presents geometric elements and zoomorphs, highlighting the bird figure, which have always been present as a ritual offering from the pre -Hispanic era, And now it is a widespread reason in Mayan textiles. It also incorporates the portal, related to the ancestral Mayan worldview with the interaction with deities.
The cut is predominantly blue, with white, horizontal and vertical pin lines, that form a grid in all its extension.
The girdle is wool and is covered with geometric embroidery that could represent bats that cover the entire surface of the garment, without showing the base tissue.
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