Blouse
Huipil
85-2-118O
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-118O |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White cotton, leno weave, brocaded with figures and trees, three panels sewn together. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 96 cm |
| Width | 103 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 | 118O - Other Number |
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