Lexicographical Neighbors of Huipils
Literary usage of Huipils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1904)
"In the market at San Cristobal, we saw the women from San Andres wearing
characteristic huipils, the breasts of which were a solid mass of heavy embroidery. ..."
2. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"Some huipils are sewed together at the sides and have short sleeves. On this part
of their dress the women —who, for that matter, attend to the manufacture ..."
3. Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2006)
"Weaving is the second major industry and almost every village has its own techniques
for creating highly stylized shirts, trousers, huipils, skirts, ..."
4. Notes Upon the Ethnography of Southern Mexico by Frederick Starr, Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences (1902)
"At Tenejapa, the women wear short huipils of cotton, decorated with separated
designs, geometrical or animal, loosely arranged in transverse bands; ..."
5. A Central American Journey by Roger Ward Babson (1920)
"It may have been due to that news traveling along the coast from one village to
another; no one can be sure." Different styles of Maya textiles. huipils or ..."
6. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1893 by Committee on Awards, World's Columbian Commission, United States (1901)
"Embroidered huipils (dresses) made of material woven on primitive handlooms by
native Indians, of which there are sixty different ..."
7. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"... in the middle for the head, and covering the breast and back, as far as the
waist. Some huipils are sewed together at the sides and have short sleeves. ..."
8. In Indian Mexico: A Narrative of Travel and Labor by Frederick Starr (1908)
"... dull blue in color; their huipils are a dirty white, with a minimum of colored
stitching. The chief industry at Cancuc is raising pigs for market. ..."
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