Blouse
Huipil
42-35-400
From: Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Salama
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-400 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Salama |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil made by women who live scattered in the mountains and only come to town [Salama] occasionally. Not made up perhaps only half. Natural brown cotton [ixcaco or cuyuscate {gossypium mexicanum}]. Brocaded with the same cotton in geometric bands. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 28 epi, single ply, Z twist, one strand, hand spun, natural brown cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, single ply, Z twist, one strand, hand spun, natural brown cotton. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 128 cm |
| Width | 55 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 319-A - Other Number |
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