Blouse
Huipil
42-35-279
From: Guatemala | Department of Chimaltenango | Patzicia
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-279 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Chimaltenango | Patzicia |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Worn over the ordinary huipil of over the head, in two pieces with randa, red cotton with white stripe and green and yellow pin stripe. As per Sigrid Meiers, "Warp: 43 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, red, white and blue cotton. Warp plain weave. No supplementary weft. 2 panels - 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 55.88 cm |
| Width | 121.92 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 200-C - Other Number |
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