Corte

Woven corte, or mayan skirt, ikat design with loads of color! The corte is a wrap-around skirt that consists of a cut of cloth usually joined to form a tube into which the woman steps. Excess material is wrapped around the body and folded at the waist in pleats, and tied with a faja (belt).

This colorful small corte measures 33″ wide and 74″ long (laid flat). Cortes are generally sewn together to make a tube, but this one is not. It is a full flat piece of fabric.

This corte is beautiful with its colorful design with stripes of green, purple, yellow, blue, yellow, and more. One half of the corte has beautiful machine embroidered decorations of baskets filled with flowers and small birds circling the basket.

This corte is in very good used condition, and is very soft, with a few signs of wear.

$23.00

Patzún

This flower-filled child’s huipil is from the area of Patzún. This lovely huipil measures 21″ across the shoulders (16″ wide across the mid/lower section), and 17 1/2″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is square and measures 5 1/2″ x 5″ in diameter.

 This huipil is a lovely green color and has machine embroidered flower and bird decoration throughout the upper bodice and on the sleeve caps. The collar and is trimmed in with a simple machine stitching. The background fabric is super soft woven cotton.

 This huipil is in good used condition with a few minor signs of wear. There is some minor wear around the collar and a few loose threads.

$25.00

San Juan Sacatepéquez

Very striking child’s huipil! This huipil is from the town of San Juan Sacatepéquez. This darling huipil measures 18” across the shoulders, and 18″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is circular and measures 4” in diameter.

This huipil is beautiful with its deep colors of purple, burgundy, and gold/yellow that features the traditional animal motifs found in the huipiles of San Juan Sacatepéquez, including the feathered serpent. The colors of the figures are yellow, royal blue, and green. The neckline and sleeves are accented with black crochet.

This huipil is in very good used condition, with very little sign of wear.

$28.00

Coban

Darling child’s huipil in the style of the area of Coban. This huipil measures 27 1/2″ across the shoulders, 17 1/2″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 4 1/2″ in diameter.

This sweet huipil is fully hand embroidered on a cotton blend commercial material. The design aound the collar and on the sleeves includes beautiful flowers and birds, with a basket in the center of the design. The colors are reds, purples, blues, and yellows. The background fabric is light blue in color. The sleeves and collar are trimmed with a black crochet accent.

This huipil is in very good condition, with a few minor signs of wear. The bodice has creases in the fabric where the huipil was gathered and sewn to make it smaller, and there is some slight discoloration in the background fabric.

$27.00

Child’s Huipil

$35.00

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Sololá

Darling child’s blousa huipil from the department of Sololá. Traditional ikat style woven stripes throughout the bodice with accent weaving across the shoulders and the sleeves, and machine-embroidered accents on the front and back. Simple open collar. This blouse-style is common for the Sololá area with added sleeves and a longer hem.

This vintage huipil is in good used condition. The weaving has a small amount of wear.

$37.00

San Antonio Aguas Calientes

Sweet young girl’s vintage huipil fom the San Antonio Aguas Calientes area of Guatemala. This small huipil measures 23″ across the shoulders, and 17 1/2″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is diamond shaped, and measures 4 1/2” on each of the four sides, with an addition 1″ slit in both the front and back seam to allow more headroom.

This intricately woven huipil has the traditional rows of zigzag mountains and triangular patterns of the rivers. The bird and flower design at the shoulders as well as the center panel on both sides are done in the very fine and detailed San Antonio weaving style where the pattern is identical both inside and out. The weaving is incredibly fine, causing this vintage huipil to be wonderfully soft to the touch. This little girl’s huipil was more than likely handed down to all the young girls in a family.

The colors are a full spectrum of green, blue, orange, red, yellow and much more. The design is woven on a red woven cotton base.

This huipil is in good used condition. Due to the age of this huipil, it shows some minor signs of wear such as color variations due to fading, a few loose theads, and a few tiny holes in the lower red section caused when the the seam to narrow the shoulders was removed.

$28.00

Tactic

Lightweight vintage child’s huipil from the Tactic region. This darling huipil measures 19″ across the shoulders, and 11″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is scalloped shaped and measures approximately 5 1/2″ by 5 1/2”.

This huipil is elegant with its deep red color and simple weaving style with satin soft thread that features rows of tiny ‘mayan stars’ and the classic zigzag pattern of Tactic. The accent colors are red, pink, peach, and burgundy. The background fabric is a deep-red cotton.

This huipil is in fair/good used condition, the flaws being a few pulled or loose threads as well as slight creases across the shoulders where they previously been gathered.

$20.00

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Coban

Darling child’s huipil in the style of the area of Coban. This huipil measures 26″ across the shoulders, 15 1/2″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 5 1/4″ in diameter.

This sweet huipil is fully hand embroidered on a cotton blend commercial material. The design aound the collar and on the sleeves includes beautiful flowers and birds, with a basket in the center of the design. The colors are reds, purples, blues, and yellows. The background fabric is aqua green-blue in color. The sleeves are trimmed with a black crochet accent.

This huipil is in very good condition, with a few minor signs of wear. The bodice has creases in the fabric where the huipil was gathered and sewn to make it smaller.

$22.00

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Todos Santos

Lovely child’s huipil from the town of Todos Santos. This huipil measures 22″ across the shoulders and 19 1/2″ from the shoulders to the bottom edge. The neck opening is sqaure and measures 2″ by 3″ with an additional 3″ slit openening on each side of the neck.

This sweet huipil is in very good condition with some slight wear on the blue lace section around the collar.

$25.00

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Santiago Atitlán

Great little boy’s traje or outfit from Santiago Atitlán. This is the classic style for the men and boys from this lakeside town. It is a three piece outfit. The camisa or shirt measures 15” across the shoulders in the back, 17 ½” from the collar to the bottom hem, and the sleeves measure 13” in length. The pantelones or pants measure 18 ½” across the waist (double for full waist size) and 21” from the waist to the bottom hem of the pants. These pants are made square in design and are meant to be gathered at the waist using the faja as a belt. The faja measures 64″ long, not including the fringe which measures an additional 4” on each end. It also measures 5” in width.

This traje is fully hand woven. The camisa has three buttons down the front with a small breast pocket. The collar is accented with a coordinating woven pattern. The pantelones are made in the classic red and white striped Santiago style with colorful accents in a grid pattern on the legs. The faja is woven in a beautiful rose and black design.

All of the items in the traje are in good used condition. The camisa and faja have a few loose threads, and the pantelones have some faint staining in the white section above the designs as well as a few loose threads.

$65.00

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Santa Maria de Jesús

Very darling child’s embroidered huipil, full of lifelike quetzales! It is from the town of Santa Maria de Jesús. This lovely huipil measures 21″ across the shoulders, and 21″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 5″ in diameter. The sides have had the stitching removed to open the arm holes, but can easily be restitched if desired.

This huipil is absolutely beautiful with brilliant colored embroidery that features two quetzales (national bird of Guatemala) on each side of the huipil in a flower garden full of wonderful flowers and playful bunnies. The colors are glowing jewel colors of greens, pinks, blues, purples, oranges, yellows and more! The neckline is accented with black crochet. The background is a black commercial cotton blend fabric. The embroidery is machine done free-hand, and is truly an art form. Just amazing! This is a wonderful example of the incredibly beautiful ‘fiesta’ huipiles of Santa Maria de Jesús.

This huipil is in good used condition with some loose threads throughout the bodice as well as small hole on one side in the background fabric perhaps caused when the sleeve stitching was removed. This can be easily repaired and is not readily visible.

$25.00

SOLD

San Antonio Aguas Calientes*

Sweet young girl’s huipil made in the style of the San Antonio Aguas Calientes area of Guatemala. This small huipil measures 20″ across the shoulders, and 13 1/2″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is scallop shaped, and measures 5 1/2” wide by 51/2” long.

*This huipil was actually made in the neighboring town of Santa Maria de Jesús with the design style of San Antonio Aguas Calientes; as can be seen in the beautiful loros (parrots) and birds across the shoulders and in the center on both sides.

The colors are predominantly green, blue, orange, red, and yellow. The design is hand embroidered on a heavy black woven cotton base. The sides have been stitched together to create the sleeve openings.

This huipil is in very good used condition. There is some slight wear in the form of a few loose threads and fading/discoloration of the cotton trim used on the inside of the collar (not seen from the outside) and the trim on the bottom edge of one side.

$25.00

SOLD

San Juan Atitán

Very striking small Santo huipil with beautiful weaving and striking embroidery!! It is from San Juan Atitán in the Huehuetenango region of Guatemala. This darling Santo huipil, used to dress the saint statues in the church, measures 13 1/2″ across the shoulders, and 17 1/2″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is square and measures 4″ by 6 1/2″.

This huipil is sweet with woven designs that feature radiant suns on both sides. The neck, shoulder, and chest area is woven with cotton and acrylic threads that have a multitude of colors including red, pink, green, turquoise, and blue. It is sewn onto a red cotton background with white stripes

This huipil is in excellent condition, with a few sign of wear.

$50.00

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Chajul

Beautiful classic young girl’s huipil from Chajul. This huipil measures 27″ across the shoulders, 19″ from the neckline to the bottom edges. The neck opening is round and measures 5″ in diameter. The sides have been stitched closed to create armholes.

This huipil is lovely with traditional diamond shaped geomorphic figures woven on a soft slate-gray background. The design is a mix of gold, turquoise, white, purple, and blue colors. The design is classic for the town of Chajul with figures of birds and other creatures. The background fabric is satiny gray.

This huipil is in good used condition, with a few signs of wear. Perhaps some loose threads. The lower edge on one side has an area where the weaving has loosened.

$30.00

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Totonicapán

Lovely child’s huipil with beautiful lace background and striking hand-guided machine embroidery!!This small huipil measures 20″ across the shoulders, and 14″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 5″ in diameter. The sides are stitched to create armholes.

This salmon colored huipil is accented with hand-guided machine embroidery that features flowers around the neck on a commercial lace background. The detailed embroidery on the collar is flowers of purple, orange and blue with matching patterns on front and back. The commercial background fabric has a design of butterflies throughout. This is a sweet little huipil.

This huipil is in used condition, with some sign of wear, such as loose threads.

$15.00

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Patzité

Very lovely Collector’s Vintage Santo huipil with beautiful weaving and striking embroidery! It is from the town of Patzité in the Quiché region of Guatemala. This darling huipil measures 18 1/2″ across the shoulders, 27″ across the shoulders including the sleeves from tip to tip, and 29″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is diamond shaped and measures 5″ by 5″, with small string ties on one side. The sides are stitched from the sleeves to the bottom of the huipil.

This huipil is sweet with hand embroidery that features flowers around the neck on a hand woven background. The detailed embroidery on the collar is flowers of pink, purple, and gold with green leaves. The handwoven background fabric is deep burgundy with stripes of white. One of the sleeves is open at the bottom to allow ease in dressing the santo statue. There are two small accents of green thread on the front near the bottom on one side.

This huipil is an older vintage huipil that shows some age in the thread of the embroidery; the colors have lost some of their brilliance and there are a few loose threads. It is in good used condition, with a few sign of wear due to age.

$68.00

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Zunil

Lovely child’s huipil with very brilliant colors! This huipil is from Zunil, in the Quetzaltenango region of Guatemala. This small huipil measures 17″ across the shoulders, 16″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 4 1/2″ in diameter.

This huipil is stunning and brightly colored with embroidery of flowers and leaves around the collar and flower accents over the sleeves. The flowers are variety of blues on a woven background of bright pinks, greens, oranges, purples and more. The neckline and sleeves are trimmed in a bright blue stitching. The photos do not show how brilliant the colors of this huipil are.

This huipil is used, but it is in very good condition, with a few signs of wear, primarily a few loose threads around the collar.

$20.00

SOLD

San Juan Atitán

Very traditional small huipil with beautiful weaving and striking embroidery!! It is from San Juan Atitán in the Huehuetenangoregion of Guatemala . This darling huipil measures 16″ across the shoulders, and 20″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is square and measures 4″ by 5″.

This huipil is sweet with woven designs that feature birds on one side and radiant suns on the other around the neck. The woven neck and shoulder area is sewn on to a predominantly red and white woven cotton background.

This huipil is in good used vintage condition, with a few sign of wear.

$25.00

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Panajachel

Young girl’s huipil from the town of Panajachel on the shores of Lake Atitlán in the region of Sololá in Guatemala. This darling huipil measures 16 1/2″ across the shoulders, and 18″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck is an opening where the two woven panels meet and measures 9″ in length. The sides are stitched to create arm holes, but can easily have the stitching removed if desired.

This huipil is sweet with hand embroidery that features rows of red cats with white eyes and nose. The embroidery in the body has given it a slightly gathered look across the chest. The neck opening is trimmed in red. The sleeves are trimmed with red diamonds with white accent. The woven striped cotton background is navy blue denim style fabric with stripes of red. This fabric has softened with washing, but has not lost its color. This is a great example of the huipiles of Panajachel that are frequently decorated with cats.

This huipil is in good used condition, with a few sign of wear.

$25.00

SOLD