Blouse
Huipil
42-35-191
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-191 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Trade piece not worn in this village, likely worn in Chinautla. Huipil of one piece with a blue-black ground. The central part is solidly brocaded in red, rose, yellow, blue and white zigzags, lozenges and diagonals. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 121 cm |
| Width | 45 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 123 - Other Number |
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