Blouse
Huipil
85-2-191
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-191 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Iconography | Animals | Birds | Figures |
| Description | White cotton huipil of two panels. Cotton and silk brocading in motifs of figures, animals, birds and bird-in-the-bush designs. Side seams unsewn. Neck opening bordered with appliqued red fabric and chain stitch embroidery. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 15 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 70.5 cm |
| Width | 106 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 | 191 - Other Number |
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