Blouse
Huipil
85-2-220
From: Guatemala | San Gaspar Ixchil | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-220 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Gaspar Ixchil | Department of Huehuetenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of white cotton ground made of three pieces sewn together. Diamond brocading on front and shoulders. Arm openings bound in embroidered threads. Tag reads, "--estito Antigua." As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced and two faced. Two panels, wide panel- two selvedges." |
| Length | 53 cm |
| Width | 63 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 220 - Other Number |
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