Blouse
Huipil
NA5581
From: Guatemala | Department of Chimaltenango | San Martin Jilotepeque
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | NA5581 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Chimaltenango | San Martin Jilotepeque |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1890-1899 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | One Huipil Panel or half huipil. Cream cotton ground brocaded in red, yellow and green cotton and purple silk in vertical zigzags and horizontal V's. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 77.47 cm |
| Width | 52.71 cm |
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