Coban Huipil - H1502

Village: Santo Domingo Coban
Department: Alta Verapaz
Age: early 1980's
Fabric Content: all cotton
Weaving: hand woven in 3 panels on a backstrap loom, side seams are open
Condition: loose threads in the brocade, even fading, otherwise in good condition
Comments: traditional older design work includes people, deer and geometric designs, flowers added to shoulders, particularly nice hand embroidered floral collar, black velvet around arm and neck openings (both the velvet and collar were added more recently)
Measurements: 35" wide x 17" long (34" if opened fully)