Blouse
Huipil
85-2-129
From: Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | San Miquel Chicaj
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-129 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | San Miquel Chicaj |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Iconography | Cofradia |
| Description | Cofradia. Made of gauze-like cotton. Three panels sewn together. Neck opening unmade. White and cream striped ground. Brocaded in geometric designs. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, single ply, Z twist, two strands, cream colored hand spun cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, single ply, Z twist, hand spun cream cotton with stripes of white, single ply cotton, four strands. Three panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 57 cm |
| Width | 152 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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