Blouse
Huipil
42-35-353
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-353 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Incomplete front, V shaped neck, woven on wide loom, faded blue and white warp pattern, narrow plain white stripes, figured stripes of two birds facing a flower with backs to a tree, other figured stripes of flowers and conventualized vines. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - one selvedge. Treadle loom." |
| Length | 86 cm |
| Width | 79 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 280 - Other Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.