Blouse
Huipil
85-2-30
From: Guatemala | Salcaja | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-30 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Salcaja | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Iconography | Bird |
| Description | White cotton huipil fragment. Bird designs. Lavender and faded rose brocading. Red striped selvedges. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced spots, two faced birds and border at neckline. One panel, three selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 59 cm |
| Width | 56 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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