Santa María de Jesús, Sacatepéquez

The huipil of this suit is made up of two waiver waist canvases, With brocades that cover most of the garment, in red, purple, magentas, blue and green tones, among others.

The cut, standing looming, presents a warp stripe design and has its united canvases with colors. LHair tape is made with industrial fabric, generally, corduroy or velvet in solid color.

Design

• Linguistic community: Kaqchikel
• Daily use suit

In the Huipil (Piecha Po’t) The rhombus brocades predominate, which are related to the ruk’ux tanamit or center of the town, Site where all the people converge to carry out relevance ceremonies for the community, according to information shared by locals.

The design of the cut is scratched, also known as Morga, Blue background with thin celestial lines that cross the cut horizontally at the time of being used. In the girdle, brocades of geometric designs and zoomorphs are observed.

Related readings

Related readings

Fountain: Symbols that are sown, Barbara Knoke de ArathoonIxchel Museum of the indigenous suit, 2005.

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.