Blouse
Huipil
42-35-54
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-54 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Huipil for a woman of first class. White cotton woven with red horizontal bands and brocaded in dark blue cotton and a little yellow rose silk. Design is geometric and birds. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 37 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton, two singles of red cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, two selvedges." |
| Length | 90 cm |
| Width | 47 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | XXX-F - Collector Number |
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