Mayan textile tradition: Joyabaj, Quiché

The huipil of this suit is made of waist loom with cotton, in which red predominates. You can also find huipiles in several versions, with stripes combined in different colors. They present geometric and floral designs, hand embroidered with acrylic threadss.

The cut is fabric, in looming, and binds by hand embroidered with acrylic threads. The girdle and su’t come from the waist loom, whose ends are topped with handmade embroidery with acrylic fibers.

Design

• K’iche linguistic community ‘
• Daily use suit

The Huipil presents undulating reasons, hand embroidered, and floral elements that clarify with the edges of the sleeves. It is relatively shorter than the huipil of many other communities in the country. It was used quite lazy, and in the present it fits the person’s silhouette. ANDThe Su’t who accompanies this suit also has floral motifs, just like the huipil.

Flowers, for many Mayan communities, are a recurring reason, since they are associated with Catholic offerings and Mayan ceremonies, But, above all, the fabrics are inspired by the surroundings of each weaver or weaver. The suit is complemented with a morral made with the wool crochet technique.

This is one of the costumes that belong to The collection of IXCHEL Museum of the indigenous suit, whose support for the publication of this series is fundamental, especially that of its director and curator, Violeta Gutiérrez.

• The information on Mayan clothing costumes presented in this space depends on the temporality and context of the documents and people consulted by the Ixchel Museum.
• In the Mayan textile tradition, elements such as trends in each community influence the personal taste of the bearers and creators of this tradition. In some cases, the data is scarce or vague.

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