Blouse
Huipil
42-35-212
From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-212 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of one piece on a white cotton ground. Heavily brocaded in predominantly red bands with zigzags of purple, yellow and dark blue. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 21 ppi, singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 115 cm |
| Width | 45 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 129-B - Other Number |
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