Blouse
Huipil
85-2-318B
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-318B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton huipil, unmade, one panel of two. White ground with purple and red brocading. Fringed. Tag reads, "--muy bana tecnica." As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 23 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, two selvedges, one looped fringe at one end. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 160 cm |
| Width | 46 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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