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Women of a Cofradía, Sumpango, Sacatepéquez

2013

Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena

Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena
Guatemala, Guatemala

During the first decades of the 20th century, the women from Sumpango wore an everyday attire composed of a white huipil, a blue skirt with an embroidered seam to join it in the middle, a sash with colored stripes and a ribbon woven in Totonicapán on a special loom used to make ribbons. By 1936, there are reports that women wore a red overblouse to keep warm in the cold weather. The garment was characterized by its round embroidered design with colorful flowers and geometric figures. In the 1960s, the overblouse became a ceremonial garment worn by cofradía women. Recently, it has been substituted by one from San Martín Jilotepeque (Chimaltenango).

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  • Title: Women of a Cofradía, Sumpango, Sacatepéquez
  • Date Created: 2013
  • Location: Santo Domingo Xenacoj, Sacatepéquez
  • Photographer: Armando Mazariegos
  • Original Source: http://www.museoixchel.org/
  • Rights: ©Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena Photographic Archive
  • Bibliographic references: Catalogue "Cofradía: Trama y Urdimbre", Museo Ixchel 2016
Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena

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