Blouse
Huipil
91-36-24
From: Guatemala | Chimaltenango | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 91-36-24 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Chimaltenango | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Locus | Unfinished |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Child's. One panel cut at both ends. Weft brocaded stripes and block patterns in black, green, purple, yellow, blue and orange. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi single Z-twist white cotton. Weft: 34 ppi two singles Z-twist white cotton. Plain weave. Supplementary weft: two-faced. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 79 cm |
| Width | 41 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991 |
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