Blouse
Huipil
NA5517
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | NA5517 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | One Huipil Panel: White cotton cloth with woven red and yellow stripes with intervening stripes brocaded in designs with navy cotton. Pleat stitched near one end. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, unbleached cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, two singles, Z twist, unbleached cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, two selvedges." |
| Length | 220.98 cm |
| Width | 60.96 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1916 |
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