Blouse
Huipil
85-2-124
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-124 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Navy cotton gauze, three panels, diamonds, leaves, birds, people, unfinished. Colors: yellow and white on navy. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 26 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, dark blue cotton. Weft: 23 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, dark blue cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on backstrap loom." |
| Length | 82 cm |
| Width | 85 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.