Handwoven Vintage Traditional Cotzal Huipil, Authentic White Colorful Guatemalan Blouse Width: 27" Length: 23" A woman may spend months weaving a single huipil when complex techniques or designs are required. Through the choices of design, material and finishing technique, information can be read about the weaver's birth-place, religious background, social position, weaving skill, and personality. Indigenous women can read the complex encoded messages in each other's huipiles at a glance.. The traditional Cotzal Guatemala Huipil is more typical because it was woven on a white base fabric.
