Blouse
Huipil
70-13-23A
From: Guatemala | Department of Escuintla | Palin
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-13-23A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Escuintla | Palin |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton huipil. White with red border stripes and a square neck. Multicolor brocade is predominantly red and purple with designs in geometrics and bird forms around the hem. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 28 epi, three ply, white cotton. Warp red border: 52 epi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, two strands, three ply. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, three selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 40 cm |
| Width | 70 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1970 |
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