Blouse
Huipil
85-2-113
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban (uncertain) | San Pedro Carcha (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-113 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban (uncertain) | San Pedro Carcha (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Unmade huipil of white cotton gauze in three panels. Alternating mesh and supplementary weft brocadeing in white on white. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 18 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 85 cm |
| Width | 97 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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