Blouse
Huipil
85-2-309
From: Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-309 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of two panels seamed at the shoulders. Brocaded on central third on the back and front. Geometric designs. Red cotton ground. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each." |
| Length | 155 cm |
| Width | 84 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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