Blouse
Huipil
42-35-192
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-192 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Huipil for a young girl. One piece with a blue-black top with a heavily brocaded shoulder band and scattered figures of three legged animals in red, violet and white cotton and yellow, deep rose, white and green silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 128 cm |
| Width | 54 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 125 - Other Number |
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