Blouse
Huipil
85-2-100
From: Guatemala | Chuarrancho | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-100 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Chuarrancho | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cofradia, two panel white cotton, brocaded with animals, trees, two headed eagle and geometric motifs, purple with red and green. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 39 epi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 36 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft - 2 faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 135 cm |
| Width | 101 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 | 100 - Other Number |
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