Blouse
Huipil
NA5516
From: Guatemala | San Martin Jilotepeque | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | NA5516 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Jilotepeque | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | One Huipil Panel/ half huipil. Green cotton brocaded in blue, purple, yellow and white silk in bands of zigzags and chains of flower like units. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 epi, two singles, Z twist, green cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, two singles, Z twist, green cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced and two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 106.68 cm |
| Width | 44.45 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1916 |
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