Blouse
Huipil
42-35-260
From: Guatemala | Magdalena Milpas Altas | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-260 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Magdalena Milpas Altas | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Child's, not made up, white with red selvedge and imitation selvedge stripes down center, brocaded in zigzags in red, yellow and green cotton. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Red - 4 singles, Z twist. Weft 18 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplementary weft: single faced. 1 panel - 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 79 cm |
| Width | 56 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 181-B - Other Number |
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