Blouse
Huipil
85-2-69
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-69 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Two huipil panels joined together. No head passage. White cotton brocaded in geometric patterns. One green selvedge, one purple and orange striped selvedge. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced, two faced at the shoulder bands. Two panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 111 cm |
| Width | 115 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 69 - Other Number |
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