Blouse
Huipil
85-2-42
From: Guatemala | San Miguel Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-42 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Miguel Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Unfinished huipil of two unattatched panels. White cotton ground with the center brocaded. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, single ply, Z twist, white cotton, three strand. Weft: 16 ppi, single ply, Z twist, white cotton, three strand. Warp predominantly plain weave. Two panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 131 cm |
| Width | 79 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 42 - Other Number |
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