Blouse
Huipil
42-35-255
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-255 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Child's, white cotton huipil in one piece. Blue-black brocaded center and shoulder bands with a little yellow cotton and a little deep rose, yellow, purple and green silk. Zigzags and conventionalized double headed birds alternately upright and reversed in continuous band. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 34 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced. Warp is predominantly plain weave. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 82 cm |
| Width | 45 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 178 - Other Number |
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