Piece of the Month – August 2024
Museum Ixchel
(MI-06169)
Huipil
San Luis, Petén
Linguistic community: Mopan
Known locally as kalil, this is a huipil or blouse made with commercial fabric, using a sewing machine. The short sleeves are elaborated with stitched folds of the fabric that shorten them, or pleats, a style of possible European origin. On the wide round neck and the edges of the puffed sleeves, there are handmade embroideries made with cross stitch, of European origin, forming blocks of black color on which are left empty spaces in which attractive figures of birds and plants are formed, which contrast on the black background, making this garment something very striking and unique.