Blouse
Huipil
42-35-210
From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-210 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | White cotton huipil of one piece with brocaded bands of zigzag design and embroidered five and six legged animals, Blue-black, red, rose, yellow and purple cotton and green and cerise silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 36 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced and two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 132 cm |
| Width | 50 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 126-A - Other Number |
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