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Top for a woman full of colorful geometric motifs
Poncho-like garment, but not made of triangular pieces but of two rectangular cloths sewn together. The motifs are colorful and consist mainly of geometric shapes such as zigzag lines etc. The quechquemitl is worn over a blouse or huipil. Depending on the region and culture, the points are either worn on the belly or over the arms. According to collector Bodil Christensen it is a pre-Columbian gar…
Type of item
- Object Type: blouse
- blouse
- Blouse
Date
- voor 1964
Medium
- Material: wool
- wool (hair material)
- Wool
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1964
Provenance
- 1964-01-24
- Aankoop
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/103953
Format
- Technique: weaving techniques
- textile techniques
- Weave
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- fur
- wax
- ambergris
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z