Blouse
Huipil
85-2-172
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-172 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton huipil. Red ground. Supplementary surface red embroidery. Stripes with geometric designs. Two panels sewn together. Slit neck. Armholes bound with tape. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced and double faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 58 cm |
| Width | 75 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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