Blouse
Huipil
85-2-83
From: Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-83 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | One panel of a huipil made of white cotton with a red center stripe. Brocading in blue, yellow, red and pale lavender. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weft. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 72 cm |
| Width | 45 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 | 83 - Other Number |
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